james.claims

How To Stop The Next 10,000 Bullshit Papers

Some remarkably un-radical proposals

Oct 9 • 

James Heathers

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September 2025

In Which The Rube Goldberg Machine Behind Retractions Delivers A Limp Payload A Year Late

No, I'm not thinking of a better title.

Sep 23 • 

James Heathers

22

5

June 2025

Introducing the Medical Evidence Project

And the quest to make less dead people

Jun 4 • 

James Heathers

71

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May 2025

Research Integrity Is A Clown Car Which Continually Spills Forth A Truly Surprising Quantity Of Sad, Honking, Incompetent Clowns

The anatomy of an utter failure of academic governance

May 1 • 

James Heathers

63

12

April 2025

The Meta-Analysis as CDO

Sometimes, people on the internet are clever

Apr 30 • 

James Heathers

20

5

Life After Paper Mills

You won't like this.

Apr 4 • 

James Heathers

16

4

February 2025

I Have Written You A Book On Forensic Metascience

Use it to cause trouble

Feb 14 • 

James Heathers

50

December 2024

My Friend, The Asshole

No-one ever gets the obituary they want

Dec 12, 2024 • 

James Heathers

48

The Extrajudicial Murder of Health Insurance CEOs is Bad, Actually

I was going to write something light-hearted, as a break from writing about research misconduct, but needs must as the devil drives.

Dec 6, 2024 • 

James Heathers

78

18

October 2024

The Hindawi Files. Part 3: Wiley

And how they're bad at this.

Oct 23, 2024 • 

James Heathers

32

6

August 2024

The Hindawi Files. Part 2: Hindawi

And all the ingredients for nonsense pie

Aug 7, 2024 • 

James Heathers

26

6

July 2024

The Hindawi Files. Part 1: The Timeline

And the biggest screwup in the entire history of academic publishing

Jul 30, 2024 • 

James Heathers

40

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