2018-04-06 12:00
Story SourceA radiology journal has published an addendum to a 2005 review on cancer imaging techniques, alerting readers to figure duplication.
But that’s not what caught our attentio… Read More
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2018-04-05 15:23
Story SourceHere’s something we haven’t seen before: The U.S. Office of Research Integrity has issued a second notice for a former researcher at the National Institutes of Health… Read More
2018-04-05 12:00
Story SourceTitles: 1) Notch-1 induces Epithelial-mesenchymal transition consistent with cancer stem cell phenotype in pancreatic cancer cells
2) Sensitization of squamous cell carcinom… Read More
2018-04-04 12:00
Story SourcePaul Brookes
Paul Brookes is a biologist with a passion for sleuthing out fraud. Although he studies mitochondria at the University of Rochester, he also secretly ran a science-f… Read More
2018-04-03 16:37
Story SourceTitle: Biologically validating the measurement of oxytocin in western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) urine and saliva using a commercial enzyme immunoassay
What Caught… Read More
2018-04-02 13:55
Story SourceTitle: Internet Blogs, Polar Bears, and Climate-Change Denial by Proxy
What Caught Our Attention: There’s a lot going on here, so bear with us. (Ba-dum-bum.)
First, there w… Read More
2018-04-02 12:00
Story SourceSince the U.S. government launched a database of freely available journal articles in 2000, it has deselected roughly only 30 titles over concerns about journal quality. Fourteen… Read More
2018-04-01 23:01
Story SourceLeo Reynolds, via Flickr
When we last heard from Eve Armstrong one year ago today, she was a postdoc at the BioCircuits Institute at the University of California, San Diego, musi… Read More
2018-03-31 13:30
Story SourceBefore we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, would you consider a tax-deductible donation of $25, or a recurri… Read More
2018-03-30 19:03
Story SourceC. K. Gunsalus
Today, the Ohio State University (OSU) announced that Ching-Shih Chen, who resigned from a professorship there in September, was guilty of “deviating from th… Read More
2018-03-30 14:34
Story SourceNature Methods has retracted a 2017 paper suggesting a common gene editing technique may cause widespread collateral damage to the genome.
The notice has a long backstory: After… Read More
2018-03-29 23:30
Story SourceAna Marušić
Many journals are adopting a recently developed mechanism for correcting the scientific record known as “retract and replace” — usually… Read More
2018-03-29 19:33
Story SourceShinya Yamanaka
Kyoto University has “punitively dismissed” a researcher found guilty of falsifying nearly all of the figures in a 2017 stem cell paper.
Accord… Read More
2018-03-29 12:00
Story SourceTitles: 1) Angiopoietin-Like 4 Confers Resistance to Hypoxia/Serum Deprivation-Induced Apoptosis through PI3K/Akt and ERK1/2 Signaling Pathways in Mesenchymal Stem Cells
2) Novel… Read More
2018-03-28 15:00
Story SourceAdam Cox
When journals retract a paper but don’t explain why, what should readers think? Was the problem as simple as an administrative error by the publisher, or more conc… Read More
2018-03-28 12:00
Story SourceQuestion: Do you value Retraction Watch? If so, would you consider a tax-deductible donation of $25, or a recurring donation of an amount of your choosing, to support us?
When re… Read More
2018-03-27 12:00
Story SourceTitle: AMPA receptor-mediated regulation of a Gi-protein in cortical neurons
What Caught Our Attention: Usually, when journals publish corrections to articles, they also co… Read More
2018-03-24 14:11
Story SourceBefore we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, would you consider a tax-deductible donation of $25, or a recurring do… Read More
2018-03-23 15:00
Story SourceA researcher has retracted two 2014 papers, after discovering they had not gone through the proper approval process before being submitted.
The papers were part of a collaboratio… Read More
2018-03-23 12:00
Story SourceTitle: A mitochondrial ferredoxin is essential for biogenesis of cellular iron-sulfur proteins
What Caught Our Attention: Here’s a cut-and-paste issue that gave us pause. T… Read More
2018-03-22 15:00
Story SourceOver the objections of the authors, PLOS ONE has retracted a paper linking a diet designed to restore healthy gut bacteria to weight loss and other benefits.
The study, published… Read More
2018-03-22 13:15
Story SourceHow much role did a potentially problematic paper play in the demise of a once-promising compound?
Researchers are questioning the validity of a high-profile article, published b… Read More
2018-03-21 12:00
Story SourceTitle: Haemophilus influenzae responds to glucocorticoids used in asthma therapy by modulation of biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance
What Caught Our Attention: This is t… Read More
2018-03-20 15:00
Story SourcePNAS has corrected a highly cited paper after an investigation found evidence of misconduct.
The investigation—conducted jointly by the University of California, San Franci… Read More
2018-03-19 17:05
Story SourceTitle: Shifts in the Enjoyment of Healthy and Unhealthy Behaviors Affect Short- and Long-Term Postbariatric Weight Loss
What Caught Our Attention: Cornell food marketing research… Read More
2018-03-19 15:55
Story SourceSuchitra Sumitran-Holgersson, via the University of Gothenburg
An external probe has concluded that a researcher based at the University of Gothenburg committed misconduct in mul… Read More
2018-03-19 12:00
Story SourceDavid Latchman
A third paper co-authored by researchers based at a prominent lab whose work has been under investigation on and off for almost three years has been retracted.
Acc… Read More
2018-03-17 13:29
Story SourceThe week at Retraction Watch featured the retraction of a paper on homeopathy whose authors had been arrested; news about 30 retractions for an engineer in South Korea; and a sto… Read More
2018-03-16 18:52
Story SourceA former researcher at New York University falsified and/or fabricated data in multiple papers and grant applications, according to the U.S. Office of Research Integrity.
Bhagava… Read More
2018-03-16 15:24
Story SourceAfter being “blindsided” a few months ago when she was told one of her 2005 papers was going to be retracted, a researcher scrambled to get information about why. And… Read More
2018-03-16 12:00
Story SourceTitle: AtsPLA2-α nuclear relocalization by the Arabidopsis transcription factor AtMYB30 leads to repression of the plant defense response
What Caught Our Attention: A… Read More
2018-03-15 15:38
Story SourceIn a recent editorial, the Journal of Neurochemistry declared it would no longer accept author-suggested reviewers. While others journal have done the same in order to preve… Read More
2018-03-15 12:00
Story SourceErrors in a 2017 paper about a new cancer test may have occurred because of a simple typo while performing calculations of the tool’s effectiveness.
According to the last a… Read More
2018-03-14 15:05
Story SourceSamson Jacob
A cancer researcher based at The Ohio State University has retracted five papers from one journal, citing concerns about figures.
The notices for all five papers sta… Read More
2018-03-13 12:00
Story SourceDaniele Fanelli
Retractions take too long, carry too much of a stigma, and often provide too little information about what went wrong. Many people agree there’s a problem… Read More
2018-03-12 15:00
Story SourceRetraction Watch readers may have noticed that over the past year or so, we have been making an effort to obtain and publish reports about institutional investigations into misco… Read More
2018-03-12 12:00
Story SourceFor a host of reasons, a journal has retracted a paper co-authored by a researcher who reportedly once faced charges of practicing medicine without proper qualifications.
Accordi… Read More
2018-03-10 15:51
Story SourceThe week at Retraction Watch featured a look at what happens to authors when a journal is delisted, a reminder of how hard it is to figure out whether a paper has been retracted… Read More
2018-03-09 16:00
Story SourceCredit: Steven Depolo, Flickr
A journal is retracting a paper after it discovered researchers gave a child the wrong supplement for more than a year.
Rhiannon Bugno, managing edi… Read More
2018-03-09 13:00
Story SourceTitle: Bioethics and Medical Education
What Caught Our Attention: As we’ve said before, you can’t make this stuff up: An article on bioethics had its own ethical issu… Read More
2018-03-08 15:00
Story SourceGary Hoover
In 2004, a survey of editors of economic journals found 3 out of 10 had seen at least one case of plagiarism within the past year. More than a decade later, has the p… Read More
2018-03-07 16:00
Story SourceA biology journal has retracted a 2011 paper after the University of California, Los Angeles determined that the data in three figures “cannot be supported.”
In Febru… Read More
2018-03-07 13:00
Story SourceCaitlin Bakker
Nowadays, there are many ways to access a paper — on the publisher’s website, on MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and other outlets. So when th… Read More
2018-03-06 16:00
Story SourceTitle: Homocysteine as a predictive factor for hip fracture in elderly women with Parkinson’s disease
What Caught Our Attention: In a letter to the editor, researcher… Read More
2018-03-06 13:00
Story SourceShocked, confused, disappointed — these are the reactions of authors who recently published in a cancer journal that was delisted by a company that indexes journals.
Recent… Read More
2018-03-05 16:09
Story SourceAn independent analysis of how The Ohio State University reviewed allegations of misconduct against a high-profile cancer researcher has found that the institution “complie… Read More
2018-03-05 13:00
Story SourceA researcher who is facing a criminal investigation in Italy for research misconduct has seen five more papers retracted, for a total of 16.
Molecular and Cellular Biology h… Read More
2018-03-03 14:00
Story SourceBefore we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support it?
The… Read More
“Ethical Shades Of Gray:†90% Of Researchers In New Health Field Admit To Questionable Practices
2018-03-02 12:55
Story SourceAnthony R. Artino, Jr.
It’s always interesting to know how many researchers in any given field engage in so-called questionable research practices that don’t rise to… Read More
2018-03-01 16:18
Story SourceMary Walsh
One of the most common reasons for retractions is image manipulation. When searching for evidence of it, researchers often rely on what their eyes tell them. But what… Read More
2018-03-01 13:00
Story SourceWhen Alexander Harms arrived at the University of Copenhagen in August 2016, as a postdoc planning to study a type of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, he carried with him a war… Read More
2018-02-28 16:20
Story SourceThe editorial board of an architecture journal has resigned en masse after the publisher announced it plans to terminate the editor’s contract at the end of this year.
In a… Read More
2018-02-28 13:00
Story SourceA biology journal is investigating concerns about a 2014 paper by a marine biologist who was found guilty of misconduct last year.
In December, Uppsala University concluded that… Read More
2018-02-27 18:56
Story SourceCarlo Croce
Carlo Croce, who has had numerous papers retracted and corrected for issues including image manipulation, has received an award for more than $300,000 for his achieve… Read More
2018-02-27 13:02
Story SourceEduardo Franco
Ever since critics began raising concerns about high-profile food scientist Brian Wansink’s work, he’s had to issue a series of high-profile retraction… Read More
2018-02-26 16:00
Story SourceWhen the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences retracted a gene therapy paper in December, it declared that some of the data had been falsified and mentioned a research… Read More
2018-02-26 13:00
Story SourceA chemistry journal has retracted a nanoparticle paper following heavy outcry from readers, who alleged the paper contained signs of obvious manipulation.
After the paper appeare… Read More
2018-02-25 13:50
Story SourceOur readers will likely know that the site has been having significant trouble for more than two weeks. Thanks for your patience, your offers to help, and for sticking with us du… Read More
2018-02-24 14:44
Story SourceWe seem to be past the worst of our technical issues, so thanks for your patience with us over the past few weeks. (Some of the fixes came at a cost, so we would be remiss if we… Read More
2018-02-23 22:26
Story SourceMark Jacobson
Yesterday, Mark Jacobson, a researcher at Stanford University who studies the future of renewable energy, announced he would drop a $10 million defamation suit over… Read More
2018-02-23 14:39
Story SourceMark Jacobson
A professor who is suing a journal publisher and critic for defamation has announced he plans to drop the case.
Yesterday, Stanford University professor Mark Jacobs… Read More
2018-02-22 16:20
Story SourceA BMJ journal has retracted a medical case report about a couple in the United Kingdom who were infected by parasitic worms while on a Caribbean cruise.
The paper in BMJ Case Rep… Read More
2018-02-22 13:00
Story SourceCath Ellis
Many readers may have heard whisper of companies that offer a range of writing services — some more ethical than others. Although some companies offer to edit an… Read More
2018-02-21 16:30
Story SourceLast October, David Hawkes read a letter to the editor that shocked him: It alleged Hawkes and a colleague had lied about their professional affiliations.
Hawkes told Retraction… Read More
2018-02-20 14:35
Story SourceA former NIH postdoc recruited to a tenure-track position last year committed multiple acts of misconduct in two papers, according to the U.S. Office of Research Integrity.
Accor… Read More
2018-02-06 16:03
Story SourceDetlev Ganten
Nearly all of the editorial board members of a 150-year-old journal about the molecular underpinnings of medicine and disease have resigned their posts, protesting… Read More
2018-02-05 16:43
Story SourceBharat Aggarwal
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, of Houston, is asking a conference on cancer in Chennai, India to stop claiming it is a co-sponsor.
The meetin… Read More
2018-02-05 14:40
Story Source
Here’s an unusual way to allege plagiarism: Do it in the reference list.
That’s what Brian Levine, a professor in the College of Information and Computer Scienc… Read More
2018-02-04 15:00
Story SourceWe’ve been having some technical issues with the site, which may have kept some readers from accessing our content this week. We think we’ve figured out what was wron… Read More
2018-02-03 14:21
Story SourceThe week at Retraction Watch featured a look at whether scientists in industry or academia admit to more misconduct, another strange publication twist for a vaccine study, and th… Read More
2018-02-02 16:29
Story SourceThe U.S. National Institutes of Health is closing PubMed Commons, the feature that enabled readers to post comments on abstracts indexed in PubMed.
NIH announced it will be disco… Read More
2018-02-02 13:00
Story SourceAn engineering journal has retracted three 2016 papers. The reason: They had been cited too often.
Although the reason for the retractions may sound odd, the editor, Minvydas Rag… Read More
2018-02-01 13:00
Story SourceTitle: Dysferlin Interacts with Histone Deacetylase 6 and Increases alpha-Tubulin Acetylation
What Caught Our Attention: After losing three articles for data manipulation… Read More
2018-01-31 16:30
Story SourceThe Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has declared that once-lauded surgeon Paolo Macchiarini and three co-authors committed misconduct in a 2015 paper.
The decision by KI’s… Read More
2018-01-31 13:00
Story SourcePeter Schulz
A university in Switzerland has come to the defense of a communications researcher found guilty of plagiarism — and sanctioned after facing additional allegat… Read More
2018-01-30 18:05
Story SourcePhoto credit: Blake Patterson
Two researchers with a troubled publication history about vaccine safety have withdrawn their third paper.
Along with several other co-authors, Chr… Read More
2018-01-29 16:25
Story SourceA journal has retracted a warning posted to a paper involved in an authorship dispute, after the issue was resolved in a court case.
In an editorial published Jan. 10, editors at… Read More
2018-01-29 13:00
Story SourceTitle: Does repetition help? Impact of destination promotion videos on perceived destination image and intention-to-visit change
What Caught Our Attention: At times we get to jus… Read More
2017-11-20 16:49
Story SourceKathy Partin
After a tumultuous two years, Kathy Partin is temporarily stepping away from her position as the director of the U.S. Office of Research Integrity.
According to an… Read More
2017-11-14 13:00
Story SourceLast month, a colleague of emergency medicine doctor Daniel Waxman sent him some newly reported findings that took him by surprise. Waxman knew from the title of a press release… Read More
2017-11-13 16:10
Story SourceMark Jacobson
A $10 million defamation suit filed by a Stanford University professor against a critic and a journal may be an assault on free speech, according to one lawyer, bu… Read More
2017-11-08 13:00
Story SourceVictoria Wong
When examining the roles of conflicts of interest in academic publishing, most research focuses on transparency around the payments authors receive. But what about… Read More
2017-11-06 16:00
Story SourceChris Oliver
A top US official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who was recently appointed by President Donald Trump, has called for the retraction of a p… Read More
2017-11-03 12:00
Story SourceHere’s a head-scratcher: A 2017 paper examining why long space flights can cause eye damage has been taken down, with a brief note saying NASA, which sponsored the research… Read More
2017-10-25 18:15
Story SourceThe U.S. government biomedical research database MEDLINE no longer includes a cancer journal with a storied past.
Starting August 2017, researchers looking up journals indexed in… Read More
2017-10-23 15:00
Story SourceJoeri Tijdink
As a scientist, are you always focused on improving your metrics by such means as getting papers into prestigious journals? Do your funders and institutions add to… Read More
2017-10-20 12:00
Story SourceWillem Halffman
Serge Horbach
Although most researchers realize too many are using misidentified cell lines in their work, they may be shocked to see the scope of the problem:… Read More
2017-10-19 12:00
Story SourceGeeta Shroff. Photo credit: Nutech Mediworld
Journals are raising ethical concerns about the research of a doctor who offers controversial embryonic stem cell treatments.
Two jo… Read More
2017-10-16 12:30
Story SourceVia Wikimedia
When Retraction Watch began in 2010, our co-founders Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus quickly realized they couldn’t keep up with the hundreds of retractions tha… Read More
2017-10-10 15:00
Story SourceA journal has published an expression of concern (EoC) for a paper on cancer genetics in mice, over a concern about data in some gel panels.
The EoC for “Suppression of int… Read More
2017-10-06 12:00
Story SourceWillem Halffman
Serge Horbach
Historians, economists, biochemists, psychologists: Who reuses their own material most often? Does the rate depend on how many authors a paper has… Read More
2017-10-04 12:00
Story SourceChris Heid
Fake peer reviews are a problem in academic publishing. A big problem. Many publishers are taking proactive steps to limit the effects, but massive purges of papers t… Read More
2017-09-27 12:00
Story SourceLei Lei
After reviewing nearly 20 years of retractions from researchers based in China, researchers came up with some somewhat unsurprising (yet still disheartening) findings: T… Read More
2017-08-15 18:31
Story SourceA journal has retracted a 2016 paper after receiving criticism from outside researchers who raised concerns about its methodology and data.
The paper shares multiple authors with… Read More
2017-08-11 12:30
Story SourceA professor at Sunchon National University has resigned from a prominent government position in South Korea after facing heavy criticism for being a co-author of a fraudulent ste… Read More
2017-08-10 18:05
Story SourceA recent pre-print showed that scientists in China can earn up to $165,000 to publish a paper in a top journal, but that’s not the only place where researchers can get some… Read More
2017-08-01 12:00
Story SourceThe researcher whose brazen theft of a manuscript he had reviewed prompted a “Dear plagiarist” letter from the aggrieved author once the deceit was discovered has los… Read More
2017-07-31 17:53
Story SourceAzza B. El-Remessy
Retraction Watch readers may remember a few posts about Azza El-Remessy, an eye researcher based at the University of Georgia (UGA) who had several papers ret… Read More
2017-07-31 15:24
Story SourceFour hundred eighty-six authors have been found guilty of misconduct by the Chinese government, the fall-out from a sweep of retractions by one journal earlier this year.
In Apri… Read More
2017-07-12 15:00
Story SourceRaymond Pasek and Maureen Gannon
Longtime readers of Retraction Watch may recall a 2011 post about a research team that retracted a paper after realizing that they had ordered t… Read More
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