Researcher at center of epic fraud remains an enigma to those who exposed him
Fraud is a problem, but I worry much more about research done sloppily but in good faith. Spotting errors can be very difficult, so it&#x27;s best to avoid them altogether if possible. And given how difficult getting retractions was in this case, that&#x27;s another reason to stop problems early on.<p>I haven&#x27;t written too many peer reviews, but I was somewhat harsh in one I wrote because the paper was so bad. Multiple major problems, but I think it ultimately could be redeemed after a lot of work. The editor seems to have rejected the paper, and they sent me the other reviews for a reason unknown to me. I was surprised that none of the other reviewers noticed an error I found to be particularly obvious. Though one of the reviewers did notice a few problems I missed, so perhaps what&#x27;s obvious to me is not necessarily obvious to others.