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A few weeks ago an interview that I did with Frank Müller was published
in the online magazine telepolis. It has the title [*Wissenschaftliches
Fehlverhalten -- von der Randerscheinung zum
Flächenbrand*](https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Wissenschaftliches-Fehlverhalten-von-der-Randerscheinung-zum-Flaechenbrand-4875056.html){target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener"} (in English: S*cientific misconduct -- from
marginal phenomenon to wildfire*). Frank Müller has been gathering
questionable scientific publications from the natural and material
sciences for years. He tells of counterfeiting rates in the clearly
double-digit percentage range as well as of the difficulty of labeling
such publications or withdrawing them from scientific discourse, and
makes suggestions for improving the control system. The interview was
given in German in language and it is a kind of sequel to my interview
with Leonid Schneider, also published in telepolis. The interview with
Leonid Schneider was entitled [*Das wissenschaftliche Publikations- und
Reputationssystem ist
gehackt*](https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Das-wissenschaftliche-Publikations-und-Reputationssystem-ist-gehackt-4701388.html){target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener"} (*The scientific publication and reputation
system is hacked*) and was also given in German language. It was later
translated by Joachim Schöpfel into French and published under the title
[*Le système de publication et de reconnaissance scientifique est
hacké*](https://dlis.hypotheses.org/5262){target="_blank"
rel="noopener"}.

telepolis was kind enough to allow the translation into french and even
welcomed it, so if a reader would like to translate the interview with
Frank Müller or Leonid schneider into another language, please contact
me.

These two interviews are the prelude to a series of further interviews
on the topic of scientfic misconduct and how to fight it. You can find a
continuously updated list of these interviews
[here](https://scidecode.com/uber-scidecode/publikationen/journalistische-publikationen/){target="_blank"
rel="noopener"}.

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A few weeks ago an interview that I did with Frank Müller was published in the online magazine telepolis. It has the title
<em>
 Wissenschaftliches Fehlverhalten – von der Randerscheinung zum Flächenbrand
</em>
(in English: S
<em>
 cientific misconduct – from marginal phenomenon to wildfire
</em>
). Frank Müller has been gathering questionable scientific publications from the natural and material sciences for years.

Messaggi di Rogue Scholar

Scientific misconduct – from a marginal phenomenon to a wildfire