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Deep-diving into health research, sports science, and academia to uncover the real stories behind the headlines—written by James Smoliga, DVM, PhD, professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.
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The Data in Another Jason Arday Paper Don’t Add Up (opens the original)
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A note before getting into this: I recently explained why I think the Jason Arday case matters to academic integrity. That piece provides the broader framework through which I am approaching this case. Here, I want to focus on forensic examination of another peer-review paper - an approrach that I have written about on Beyond the Abstract.I recently did a forensic analysis on a paper written by Jason Arday and Christopher Jones, <a href="https://beyondtheabstract.substack.com/p/
The Jason Arday COVID-19 Study That Doesn’t Add Up (opens the original)
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A note before getting into this: I recently explained why I think the Jason Arday case matters to academic integrity. That piece provides the broader framework through which I am approaching this case. Here, I want to focus on forensic examination of one of a peer-review paper - an approrach that I have writtern about on Beyond the Abstract.Before I start presenting my analysis of Jason Arday’s peer-reviewed article, I want to start with this.I am not singling out Arday’s work
Jason Arday ran the marathons. What does that tell us? (opens the original)
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A note before getting into this: I recently explained why I think the Jason Arday case matters to academic integrity. That piece provides the broader framework through which I am approaching this case. Here, I want to focus on the disconnect between narratives and evidence. The evidence increasingly supports the basic 30-marathons-in-35-days challenge. That does not mean the press spent weeks denying he did it.An interesting narrative has developed in the aftermath of the Jason Arday co
Why Did the Jason Arday Story Explode So Quickly? (opens the original)
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A note before getting into this: I recently explained why I think the Jason Arday case matters to academic integrity. That piece provides the broader framework through which I am approaching this case. Here, I want to focus on a narrower question: why did concerns that had attracted almost no public attention for years suddenly become an international news story?Jason Arday’s 2018 peer-reviewed paper underwent a substantial correction in December 2023 after unattributed textual overlap and
Why the Jason Arday Case Matters to Academic Integrity (opens the original)
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I have several more pieces planned about the Jason Arday case. Before publishing them, I want to explain why I am continuing to write about this story, what questions interest me, and what I am, and am not, trying to do.For those who have been following my Substack newsletters for the past year, you probably have a pretty good sense of what I write about.In brief, a lot of it involves scientific nuance, scientific communication, research integrity, and academic culture.Since joining Substack in
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