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that Clare Francis is a pseudonym; it's that the pseudonym is
Clare Francis  Anonymous whistleblowers can be helpful, but does
it matter how they blow the whistle? Here’s what Nature and
Elsevier say  Nature magazine recently published an excellent
article on the art of whistleblowing in science: “Research
ethics: 3 ways to blow the whistle.”  Reporting suspicions of
scientific fraud is rarely easy, but some paths are more
effective than others. In this article, they analyzed the
effectiveness of three techniques commonly used by individuals
to report suspicions of scientific fraud, including anonymity.
One individual working under the pseudonym “Clare Francis” uses
this method and has flagged hundreds of suspected cases of
potential fraud since 2010. The authors report: Anonymous
tipsters are nothing new. But since 2010, someone going by the
pseudonym 'Clare Francis' has seriously upped the ante. She or
he (or they; many suspect it is a group of