dalmeetsJan 81 minRussian journals retract more than 800 papers after ‘bombshell’ investigationAcademic journals in Russia are retracting more than 800 papers following a probe into unethical publication practices by a commission appointed by the Russi...
dalmeetsNov 26, 20191 minQuintet of study retractions rocks criminology communityCriminology researchers are retracting five studies that have sparked a bitter battle over potential scientific misconduct and issues of race. The episode ha...
dalmeetsMay 30, 20191 minRetracted chemistry studies most often plagued with plagiarismMore than 40% of chemistry papers retracted in the last two years were pulled because of plagiarism, according to a new study. The next most common reason fo...
dalmeetsJul 23, 20181 min"Loss Of Confidence Project" Prods Scientists to Do the Right ThingI spoke to Heather Goldstone of Living Lab Radio about the Loss of Confidence project, which I recently wrote a feature article about for Undark Magazine. IM...
dalmeetsJul 2, 20181 minScientists Rarely Admit Mistakes. A New Project Wants to Change That.Many areas of science are facing questions over the reproducibility of findings reported in scholarly literature. Researchers haven't always been the best at...
dalmeetsMar 16, 20181 minIranian peer-review incident condemnedThe Physics Society of Iran (PSI) has voiced concern over a recent case of faked peer review by an Iranian researcher. The full article was published at Phys...
dalmeetsOct 31, 20171 minSingapore university revokes second researcher’s PhD in misconduct falloutA university in Singapore has revoked a second researcher's PhD following a major misconduct scandal. The full story was published at Retraction Watch. IMAGE...
dalmeetsAug 30, 20171 minFake peer review hits RSC journalsJournals of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) — which also publishes Chemistry World — have today retracted five papers due to a compromised peer review p...
dalmeetsMay 18, 20171 minWe May Not Be Able To Do Math Unconsciously, After AllA study that seemed to show people can read and do math with their unconscious minds has been called into question by researchers. Read the full story at Sno...
dalmeetsMay 1, 20171 minScience to retract study on fish and microplasticsHigh-profile journal Science is retracting a scientific study about how human pollution is harming fish, after months of questions about the validity of the ...
dalmeetsFeb 6, 20171 minStudy retraction reignites concern over China’s possible use of prisoner organsA journal has decided to retract a 2016 study because of concerns that its data on the safety of liver transplantation involved organs sourced from executed ...
dalmeetsMar 21, 20161 minEnvironmental journal pulls two papers for “compromised” peer reviewEnvironmental Geochemistry and Health has retracted two papers after an investigation suggested that the peer-review process had been compromised. The full a...
dalmeetsJan 5, 20161 minCancer study pulled when published without supervisor’s consentThe Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences has retracted a paper after concerns surfaced from a researcher who claims to have supervised the research but was no...
dalmeetsMar 10, 20141 minThe Rise of RetractionsThe number of retraction notices that are published have increased by 10-fold in the last decade despite the number of papers only increasing by 44%. This ar...
