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- Undisclosed tinkering in Excel behind economics paper https://retractionwatch.com/2024/02/05/no-data-no-problem-undisclosed-tinkering-in-excel-behind-economics-paper/ 138 comments
- Author admitted plagiarism. Supervisor asked for retraction. Publisher: “nah” https://retractionwatch.com/2022/01/03/this-is-really-ridiculous-an-author-admitted-plagiarism-his-supervisor-asked-for-a-retraction-the-publisher-said-nah/ 2 comments
- Amulets may prevent Covid-19, says a paper in Elsevier journal. (They don’t.) https://retractionwatch.com/2020/10/29/amulets-may-prevent-covid-19-says-a-paper-in-elsevier-journal-they-dont/ 5 comments
- Springer retracting 107 papers published in Tumor Biology with fake peer reviews http://retractionwatch.com/2017/04/20/new-record-major-publisher-retracting-100-studies-cancer-journal-fake-peer-reviews/ 34 comments
- Science article on same-sex marriage retracted over faked data http://retractionwatch.com/2015/05/20/author-retracts-study-of-changing-minds-on-same-sex-marriage-after-colleague-admits-data-were-faked/ 2 comments
- Highly cited scientist published dozens of papers after his death https://retractionwatch.com/2024/02/16/highly-cited-scientist-published-dozens-of-papers-after-his-death/ 64 comments nottheonion
- “Bust Size and Hitchhiking” author earns five expressions of concern https://retractionwatch.com/2023/03/28/bust-size-and-hitchhiking-author-earns-five-expressions-of-concern/ 7 comments nottheonion
- Hindawi and Wiley to retract over 500 papers linked to peer review rings https://retractionwatch.com/2022/09/28/exclusive-hindawi-and-wiley-to-retract-over-500-papers-linked-to-peer-review-rings/ 28 comments science
- SAVA scientist has paper retraction https://retractionwatch.com 38 comments wallstreetbets
- Myocarditis - COVID paper retracted https://retractionwatch.com/2021/10/25/covid-19-vaccine-myocarditis-paper-to-be-permanently-removed-elsevier/ 213 comments science
- Prominent Chinese scientist failed to disclose company ties in COVID-19 clinical trial paper https://retractionwatch.com/2021/05/04/prominent-chinese-scientist-failed-to-disclose-company-ties-in-clinical-trial-paper/ 9 comments science
- After legal threats from Herbalife, Elsevier journal retracts — and then removes — a paper which claimed that a young woman in India died of liver failure after using the company’s products, citing "legal reasons" as motive. https://retractionwatch.com/2020/12/22/after-legal-threats-from-herbalife-elsevier-journal-retracts-and-then-removes-a-paper/#more-121116 45 comments worldnews
- Elsevier looking into “very serious concerns” after student calls out journal for fleet of Star Trek articles, other issues https://retractionwatch.com/2020/12/10/elsevier-looking-into-very-serious-concerns-after-student-calls-out-journal-for-fleet-of-star-trek-articles-other-issues/ 3 comments nottheonion
- Journal that published paper linking 5G to COVID-19 blames “substantial manipulation of the peer review” https://retractionwatch.com/2020/08/07/journal-that-published-paper-linking-5g-to-covid-19-blames-substantial-manipulation-of-the-peer-review/ 8 comments worldnews
- Paper blaming COVID-19 on 5G technology withdrawn https://retractionwatch.com/2020/07/26/paper-blaming-covid-19-on-5g-technology-withdrawn/ 14 comments nottheonion
- “I am the first one to regret not being more careful in the first place”: Paper on rat semen retracted https://retractionwatch.com/2020/07/15/i-am-the-first-one-to-regret-not-being-more-careful-in-the-first-place-paper-on-rat-semen-retracted/ 7 comments nottheonion
- Authors of article on IQ, religiosity and crime retract it to do “a level of vetting we should have done before submitting” https://retractionwatch.com/2020/06/18/authors-of-article-on-iq-religiosity-and-crime-retract-it-to-do-a-level-of-vetting-we-should-have-done-before-submitting/ 5 comments science
- A study finding no evidence of racial bias in police shootings earns a correction that critics call an “opaque half measure” https://retractionwatch.com/2020/05/04/a-study-finding-no-evidence-of-racial-bias-in-police-shootings-earns-a-correction-that-critics-call-an-opaque-half-measure/ 8 comments science
- Nobel prize winner retracts paper from Science https://retractionwatch.com/2020/01/02/nobel-winner-retracts-paper-from-science/ 4 comments science
- University finds dozens of papers by late — and controversial — psychologist Hans Eysenck “unsafe” https://retractionwatch.com/2019/10/07/university-finds-dozens-of-papers-by-late-and-controversial-psychologist-hans-eysenck-unsafe/ 4 comments science
- Journals retract more than a dozen studies from China that may have used executed prisoners’ organs https://retractionwatch.com/2019/08/14/journals-retract-more-than-a-dozen-studies-from-china-that-may-have-used-executed-prisoners-organs/ 36 comments worldnews
- Error leads to recall of paper linking Jon Stewart and election results https://retractionwatch.com/2019/05/14/this-is-how-science-works-error-leads-to-recall-of-paper-linking-jon-stewart-and-election-results/ 3 comments science
- Two years of stonewalling: What happened when a scientist filed a public records request for NASA code https://retractionwatch.com/2018/06/14/two-years-of-stonewalling-what-happened-when-a-scientist-filed-a-public-records-request-for-nasa-code/ 4 comments space
- Author “shocked” after top math journal retracts paper http://retractionwatch.com/2017/07/12/author-shocked-top-math-journal-retracts-paper/ 12 comments math
- Science to retract study on fish and microplastics: "Remarkable it was ever accepted, says report" http://retractionwatch.com/2017/05/01/remarkable-ever-accepted-says-report-science-retract-study-fish-microplastics/ 11 comments science
- "Remarkable" it was ever accepted, says report: Science to retract study on fish and microplastics http://retractionwatch.com/2017/05/01/remarkable-ever-accepted-says-report-science-retract-study-fish-microplastics/ 21 comments worldnews
- A new record: Major publisher retracting more than 100 studies from cancer journal over fake peer reviews http://retractionwatch.com/2017/04/20/new-record-major-publisher-retracting-100-studies-cancer-journal-fake-peer-reviews/ 4 comments science
- High-profile book on North Korea earns 52 corrections [Tyranny of the Weak by Charles Armstrong at Columbia] http://retractionwatch.com/2017/01/31/high-profile-book-north-korea-earns-52-corrections/ 3 comments history
- Retraction: Paper that found high air pollution near fracking sites http://retractionwatch.com/2016/07/08/authors-retract-study-that-found-pollution-near-fracking-sites/ 23 comments science
- Obesity has retracted a study that suggested overweight people may be less depressed than their slimmer counterparts in cultures where fat isn’t stigmatized, after realizing the authors lied about having ethical approval to conduct the research. http://retractionwatch.com/2015/12/10/authors-lied-about-ethics-approval-for-study-on-obesity-depression/ 4 comments science
- Paper claiming extra CO2 doesn't always lower plant nutrients pulled for errors http://retractionwatch.com/2015/12/04/paper-claiming-extra-co2-isnt-always-bad-for-plants-pulled-for-errors/ 10 comments science
- A paper published in August that caught the media’s eye for concluding that feeling sad influences how you see colors has been retracted, after the authors identified problems that undermined their findings. http://retractionwatch.com/2015/11/05/got-the-blues-you-can-still-see-blue-after-all-paper-on-sadness-and-color-perception-retracted/#more-34052 178 comments science
- A paper that showed genetically engineered rice serves as an effective vitamin A supplement has been retracted and the researcher banned from research for two years over breach of ethical regulations http://retractionwatch.com/2015/07/30/golden-rice-paper-pulled-after-judge-rules-for-journal/ 112 comments worldnews
- Author retracts study of changing minds on same-sex marriage after colleague admits data were faked http://retractionwatch.com/2015/05/20/author-retracts-study-of-changing-minds-on-same-sex-marriage-after-colleague-admits-data-were-faked/ 14 comments science
- You can’t make this stuff up: Plagiarism guideline paper retracted for…plagiarism http://retractionwatch.com/2015/04/01/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-plagiarism-guideline-paper-retracted-for-plagiarism/#more-27050 20 comments nottheonion
- BioMed Central retracting 43 scientific papers for fake peer review http://retractionwatch.com/2015/03/26/biomed-central-retracting-43-papers-for-fake-peer-review/ 3 comments science
- European Science Foundation demands retraction of criticism in Nature, threatens legal action http://retractionwatch.com/2014/10/12/european-science-foundation-demands-retraction-of-criticism-in-nature-threatens-legal-action/ 7 comments europe
- SAGE Publications busts “peer review and citation ring,” 60 papers retracted http://retractionwatch.com/2014/07/08/sage-publications-busts-peer-review-and-citation-ring-60-papers-retracted/ 4 comments science
- Climate change skeptics start their own peer reviewed journal. Gets shut down by publisher within a year due to scientific malpractice. http://retractionwatch.com/2014/01/17/climate-skeptic-journal-shuttered-following-malpractice-in-nepotistic-reviewer-selections/ 5 comments science
- Controversial Seralini GMO-rats paper to be retracted http://retractionwatch.com/2013/11/28/controversial-seralini-gmo-rats-paper-to-be-retracted/ 5 comments science
Linking pages
- Scientists replicated 100 recent psychology experiments. More than half of them failed. - Vox http://www.vox.com/2015/8/27/9216383/irreproducibility-research 1904 comments
- How Corporations Took Over the First Amendment - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/04/how-corporations-took-over-the-first-amendment/389249/ 65 comments
- Major publisher retracts 64 scientific papers in fake peer review outbreak - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/18/outbreak-of-fake-peer-reviews-widens-as-major-publisher-retracts-64-scientific-papers/ 61 comments
- “Remarkable” it was ever accepted, says report: Science to retract study on fish and microplastics – Retraction Watch http://retractionwatch.com/2017/05/01/remarkable-ever-accepted-says-report-science-retract-study-fish-microplastics/ 50 comments
- Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/27/fabricated-peer-reviews-prompt-scientific-journal-to-retract-43-papers-systematic-scheme-may-affect-other-journals/?amp%3Bhpid=z3&tid=hp_mm 48 comments
- The Top Retractions of 2020 | The Scientist Magazine® https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/the-top-retractions-of-2020-68284 47 comments
- Publishing: The peer-review scam | Nature http://www.nature.com/news/publishing-the-peer-review-scam-1.16400?wt.mc_id=twt_naturenews 46 comments
- Publishing: The peer-review scam | Nature http://www.nature.com/news/publishing-the-peer-review-scam-1.16400 42 comments
- The Reformation: Can Social Scientists Save Themselves? - Pacific Standard http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/can-social-scientists-save-themselves-human-behavior-78858/ 36 comments
- How a Sharp-Eyed Scientist Became Biology’s Image Detective | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/how-a-sharp-eyed-scientist-became-biologys-image-detective 28 comments
- How scientists fool themselves – and how they can stop | Nature http://www.nature.com/news/how-scientists-fool-themselves-and-how-they-can-stop-1.18517 25 comments
- Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/27/fabricated-peer-reviews-prompt-scientific-journal-to-retract-43-papers-systematic-scheme-may-affect-other-journals/?tid=pm_pop 14 comments
- New England Journal Of Medicine Retracts And Replaces Mediterranean Diet Study : Shots - Health News : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/06/13/619619302/errors-trigger-retraction-of-study-on-mediterranean-diets-heart-benefits 13 comments
- Begger’s test for Schrödingerean predator-prey system – For Better Science https://forbetterscience.com/2020/06/15/beggers-test-for-schrodingerean-predator-prey-system/ 11 comments
- There’s far more scientific fraud than anyone wants to admit | Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/09/scientific-misconduct-retraction-watch 8 comments
- Scientists Are Wrong All the Time, and That's Fantastic | WIRED http://www.wired.com/2015/02/scientists-wrong-time-thats-fantastic/ 7 comments
- Fake academic papers are on the rise: why they’re a danger and how to stop them https://theconversation.com/fake-academic-papers-are-on-the-rise-why-theyre-a-danger-and-how-to-stop-them-224650 6 comments
- Nobel Prize winner resigns a position after sexist comments publicized | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/06/nobel-prize-winner-resigns-a-position-after-sexist-comments-publicized/ 5 comments
- Errors Trigger Retraction Of Study On Mediterranean Diet's Heart Benefits https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=619619302 5 comments
- Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/27/fabricated-peer-reviews-prompt-scientific-journal-to-retract-43-papers-systematic-scheme-may-affect-other-journals/?postshare=5031427452343393 3 comments