IN 2011 BEN MOL, a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Monash University, in Melbourne, came across a retraction notice for a study on uterine fibroids and infertility published by a researcher ...

Medical research plays a vital role in advancing healthcare, improving treatment, and informing public health policies. However, it can be difficult to understand a study or whether it is trustworthy.

THERE IS A worrying amount of fraud in medical research. As many as one in 50 research papers may be unreliable because of fabrication, plagiarism or serious errors. Fabricated data can influence the ...

Dr Dan Green is the lead author on an article outlining the top ten common statistical errors he sees when reviewing scientific papers These include implying causation from association, poorly ...

Artificial-intelligence (AI) tools are becoming increasingly common in science, and many scientists anticipate that they will soon be central to the practice of research, suggests a Nature survey of ...

In a shocking turn of events, a recent investigation found that researchers from some of the world’s top universities have been secretly adding hidden messages to their academic research papers. These ...