Incentives and Integrity in Scientific Publishing

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This chapter explores the problematic incentives in the scientific publishing system that can compromise research integrity. It calls for improvements in academia to foster a healthier environment and ends with gratitude for the guest and a brief advertisement break.

A record 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023. In this episode from February 2024, Ian Sample speaks to Ivan Oransky, whose organisation Retraction Watch has been monitoring the growing numbers of retractions for more than a decade, and hears from blogger Sholto David, who made headlines this year when he spotted mistakes in research from a leading US cancer institute. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod