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SUMMARY:MIOIR Seminar Series - From Trust to Threat: A Case Study of Frau
 dulent Research Networks
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DESCRIPTION:From Trust to Threat: A Case Study of Fraudulent Research Net
 works\n\nLeslie D. McIntosh explores how fraudulent research networks ex
 ploit trust in science and why stronger research integrity is vital to p
 rotect open science.\n\nAbstract:\n\nTrust underpins the research ecosys
 tem\, yet it is increasingly exploited by fraudulent actors. The Pharmak
 on Neuroscience Research Network\, first uncovered in 2022\, shows how s
 cience can be weaponised through fraudulent funding claims\, authorship-
 for-sale schemes\, and citation manipulation. Spanning 120 publications\
 , more than 320 authors\, and across 40  countries\, Pharmakon exploited
  academic incentives to launder misinformation and manufacture credibili
 ty. Using forensic scientometrics this talk exposes how such networks ev
 olve\, why traditional vetting fails to stop them\, and how strengthenin
 g research integrity is essential to defend trustworthy open science fro
 m exploitation.\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nLeslie D. McIntosh\, PhD  is the VP o
 f Research Integrity and Security at Digital Science and dedicates her w
 ork to improving research\, reducing disinformation\, and increasing tru
 st in science.\n\nAs an academic turned entrepreneur\, she founded Ripet
 a in 2017 to improve research quality and integrity. Now part of Digital
  Science\, the Ripeta algorithms lead in detecting Trust Markers of rese
 arch manuscripts and nefarious networks in science.  She works globally 
 to improve research quality\, integrity\, and security through developin
 g the forensic scientometrics discipline. She has given hundreds of talk
 s\, including to the US-NIH\, NASA\, and World Congress on Research Inte
 grity\, and consulted with governments and institutions across the globe
 . Dr. McIntosh’s work was the most-read RetractionWatch post of 2022. In
  2023\, her influential ideas on achieving equity in research were highl
 ighted in the Guardian and Science. \n\n\nExternal participants are welc
 ome to join online via Teams: \nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi
 n/19:meeting_NmMxNWFhNmItNzZkMi00M2MxLWJhZDktNjZlNjdhMTFmZTZm@thread.v2/
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 d%22:%224a04acaa-efd0-4184-9c04-28eae7f6196b%22%7D\n\nMeeting ID: 314 98
 2 423 083 9\nPasscode: Vq3ko96z
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LOCATION:9.041 AMBS (Hybrid)\, Aliiance Manchester Business School\, Boot
 h Street West\, Manchester\, M15 6PB
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