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Editors retract paper about anesthesia procedure after investigation uncovers data issues

The editors of an anesthesiology journal have retracted a paper about predicting how patients will respond to a procedure, after the results of an investigation cast doubt on the validity and originality of the work. According to the retraction notice, the editors became concerned about the validity of the data and conducted an investigation, which … Continue reading Editors retract paper about anesthesia procedure after investigation uncovers data issues

Florida group loses second hypertension paper, but retraction notice stays mum on why

We’ve obviously gotten plenty of mileage out of our conversation last January with L. Henry Edmunds, the grumpypants editor of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery who told us that the reason behind an opaque retraction notice in his journal was “none of  [our] damn business.” Still makes us chuckle. That episode came to mind recently … Continue reading Florida group loses second hypertension paper, but retraction notice stays mum on why

Why was that paper retracted? Editor to Retraction Watch: “It’s none of your damn business”

Yesterday, we reported on the retraction of a 2004 study in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. As we noted, the notice’s language was, um, fuzzy, referring vaguely to an investigation by the University of Florida, which uncovered instances of repetitious, tabulated data from previously published studies. Today, we are slightly more clear, although what we … Continue reading Why was that paper retracted? Editor to Retraction Watch: “It’s none of your damn business”