Hacker News with Generative AI: Research Integrity

'Journal Snatchers': the firms that buy science publications and turn them rogue (nature.com)
Research-integrity analysts are warning that ‘journal snatchers’ — companies that acquire scholarly journals from reputable publishers — are turning legitimate titles into predatory, low-quality publications with questionable practices.
Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index (arstechnica.com)
The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals after failing to meet quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch.
Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software (theregister.com)
An academic journal has retracted two papers because it determined their authors used unlicensed software.
When scientific citations go rogue: Uncovering 'sneaked references' (theconversation.com)
So Now the Feds Will Monitor Research Integrity? (jamesgmartin.center)
Springer Nature unveils two new AI tools to protect research integrity (springernature.com)