Beyond Retractions: Forensic Scientometrics Techniques to Identify Research Misconduct, Citation Leakage, and Funding Anomalies
2026/02/16 by Leslie D. McIntosh, Alexandra Sinclair, Simon Linacre · 4 voices
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Abstract
This paper presents a forensic scientometric case study of the Pharmakon Neuroscience Research Network, a fabricated research collective that operated primarily between 2019 and 2022 while embedding itself within legitimate scholarly publishing channels.
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- One of my goals for 2026 is to draft/write a novel based on forensic scientometrics, following a couple of meetings i had with people who were - i kid you not - working with 2 "security agencies" as f [bsky, 6 points, 1 comments]
- Beyond retractions - very proud to have contributed to a new study led by @mcintold.bsky.social on how citation networks and fake funders can build academic careers arxiv.org/abs/2602.14793 #scholcomm [bsky, 3 points, 0 comments]
- Another rogue network...
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- This paper presents a forensic #scientometric case study of the Pharmakon Neuroscience Research Network, a fabricated research collective that operated primarily between 2019 and 2022 while embedding [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
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