Presented By: Earth and Environmental Sciences
Smith Lecture: Scientific Publishing in 2016: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly—Lessons Learned From 5 Years Watching Retractions
Adam Marcus, Center for Scientific Integrity
From the recent surge in retractions to the emerging crisis of reproducibility, science publishing faces many difficult challenges. This talk will provide examples of these problems, as well as how the pressures to publish, weakness in peer review and other flaws in the system are making the situation worse.