Addendum for publication list
Two publications on this list are no longer available online. This is because the Journal of Science Practice and Integrity, new and noble at the time of publication in 2019, did not endure. However, the papers, co-written with professors Mark Hollingsworth and Leemon McHenry, are enduring.
#239 is the well-documented account of how a scientist with a long-standing record of fraud, Larry R. Dalton, ran a scheme, contrary to established science, yet enabled by massive donations from a private fortune to the University of Washington, donations that were well-received by the university’s presidents, among many others, who understood their benefactor had struggled with academic honesty. Despite the unmasking of a financial strategy for capturing the allegiance of a public university administration, Dalton continues to make massive donations to the University of Washington, which remains willing to extend its hand and close its eyes. https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/05/28/uws-larry-dalton-and-wife-nicole-boand-make-10-million-bequest-to-the-school-of-nursing-for-scholarships-and-clinical-education/. Money is useful for the administration of a university but it is not the reason for administering a university.
#240 is an account of how an early version of the aforementioned publication #239, solicited by editors of the journal Accountability in Research, was submitted to review, approved for publication, set to proof, but prevented from publication by its publisher, the behemoth Taylor and Francis. Their representative admitted to being afraid to publish the paper. #240 also features the experience of McHenry with the so-called Monsanto papers, a cache of emails giving evidence of a ghostwriting ring of scientists aiming to bolster the safety of glyphosate, a carcinogenic herbicide. It has killed many by now. Leemon’s disclosures, first prepared for Accountability of Research, was also blocked for publication by Taylor and Francis at around the same time as #239. McHenry ultimately published a version of his paper in (McHenry LB. The Monsanto Papers: poisoning the scientific well. International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine. 2018 Aug;29(3-4):193-205.). Recently, The New York Times revealed https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/climate/glyphosate-roundup-retracted-study.html that a key study, endorsing glyphosate, was finally retracted https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230025002387, just this month. Meanwhile, President Trump issued an executive order to protect the weedkiller https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/climate/bayer-white-phosphate-glyphosate-roundup-trump-executive-order-munition.html.
#239 B. Kahr, M. D. Hollingsworth
Massive faculty donations and institutional conflicts of interest
J. Science Practice and Integrity, 2019, 1, doi: 10.35122/jospi.2019.740579.
Also posted is an extensive appendix of original records. #239A
#240 B. Kahr, L. B. McHenry, M. D. Hollingsworth,
Academic publishing and scientific integrity: Case studies of editorial interference at Taylor & Francis
J. Science Practice and Integrity, 2019, 1, doi: 10.35122/jospi.2019.848394.