The week at Retraction Watch featured a new grant to our parent non-profit organization, a retraction from the NEJM, and our first-ever retraction. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Scientist and journals “are extremely reluctant to retract their papers, even in the face of damning evidence,” according to a draft of a government report leaked to … Continue reading Weekend reads: Retraction reluctance; worthless papers (and stats); too many PhDs