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A journal named a sleuth in a correction. The sleuth says that was "ethical editorial malpractice
16+ hour, 59+ min ago (542+ words) Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. As the publishing community debates the merits of naming sleuths in retraction or correction notices, one journal did so without the sleuth's permission…...
Bloodhound code sniffs out copied-and-pasted numerical data
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (589+ words) Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. Markus Englund, a software developer and sleuth based in the Netherlands, first hit paydirt with invasive plant species in China. After having scanned…...
Weekend reads: Half of social science "doesn't replicate'; "Scientific ghosts: Life after retraction'; multisensory learning paper retracted
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (193+ words) Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. If your week flew by " we know ours did " catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch…...
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6+ day, 20+ hour ago (10+ words) Judge tosses lawsuit over controversial Paxil "Study 329 Retraction Watch...
BMJ retracts cardiac stem cell paper, removes authors months after sleuths flag data "mismatch
1+ week, 1+ day ago (589+ words) Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. The BMJ has retracted a paper on stem cell therapy for heart failure after sleuths flagged the work for "serious" inconsistencies in data....
Jury to decide whether Duke retaliated against researcher who reported sexual harassment
1+ week, 1+ day ago (453+ words) Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. A jury will soon decide whether leaders at Duke University accused a researcher of misconduct in retaliation for her reporting sexual harassment at…...
A citation alert led researchers to a network of fake articles. But who is benefiting?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (681+ words) Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. A few months ago, when Elle O'Brien, a data scientist at the University of Michigan, was checking who had recently cited her work…...
Weekend reads: "Illicit AI use" in hundreds of peer reviews; 49-year-old commentary on talc retracted; co-authorship as a "traded commodity"
1+ week, 5+ day ago (223+ words) Weekend reads: "Illicit AI use" in hundreds of peer reviews; 49-year-old commentary on talc retracted; co-authorship as a "traded commodity'Retraction Watch Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. If your…...
Why don't journalists circle back to cover retractions? A conversation with Malgorzata Iwaniec-Thompson
1+ week, 5+ day ago (627+ words) Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. In a paper published last month in the Journal of Documentation, a team of researchers in journalism, social science and data explore how…...
Judge upholds 15-year debarment against scientist who once threatened to sue Retraction Watch
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1323+ words) Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. An appeals judge has recommended the U. S. Health and Human Services uphold a proposed 15-year debarment for a scientist accused of research misconduct more…...