We have a thought-provoking discussion on how to fight for research ethics with Dr. Achal Agarwal. We discuss different kinds of unethical behaviour in academic publishing, how retractions happen, and the institutional reform needed to uphold academic standards.

Learn more about the Indian Research Watch https://irw.co.in

• Recommendations

• Achal

• Freakonomics

• Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy

• Course: Calling Bullshit

• Vatsal

• Alzhimers’ paper retraction https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-plan-retract-landmark-alzheimers-paper-containing-doctored-images

• Alzhimers’ paper data manupulation https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/cassava-alzheimers-trials-misconduct-scrutiny-matthew-schrag/728955/

• Megh

• The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics, Tim Harford

• Movie: Krippendorf’s Tribe

• Movie: Serious Men