A group of cancer researchers in China has lost their 2013 paper in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology after someone tipped off the journal that the data were copied.
The article, “Importance of spondin 1 and cellular retinoic acid binding protein 1 in the clinical diagnosis of ovarian cancer,” came from Ting-Ting Jiao, Ye-Min Zhang, Lin Yao, Yuan Gao, Jian Sun, Dong-Fang Zou, Guo-Ping Wu, Dan Wang, Jun Ou, Ning Hui, who work at various Shanghai hospitals.
Here’s the retraction notice:
ARTICLE RETRACTION. A large portion of the data and the text in this article was copied from another source as disclosed by a knowledgeable informant and subsequently confirmed by the Editorial Office. Therefore, the entire article has been retracted in accordance with this journal’s policy and Editorial decision.