CHE article and thread: Rigor in Research Publications

There’s an interesting thread about integrity in publications over at The Fora (what used to be the Forums at the Chronicle of Higher Education but was spun off to a different site). It has to do with suspect data, editorial integrity, and even touches on the replication crisis. Worthwhile reading for any aspiring scholars.

The thread is at: http://thefora.org/index.php?topic=582.0

Quote from the thread: “A quick synopsis--a prominent social-science researcher publishes a series of papers with co-authors that have blatantly suspicious numbers. Somebody catches this and reports it to the authors. The co-authors get suspicious and ask for more information from the lead author. No way! Stop attacking me! Appeals to the EIC of the journal. Faked data? Whatever. We don't talk about that.”

A CHE article on the matter: https://www-chronicle-com/interactives/20190924-Criminology

The co-author retraction it references is at: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/9b2k3/