The week at Retraction Watch featured a puzzle, and the retraction of a controversial study on fracking. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Peer review: “Occasionally corrupt, sometimes a charade, an open temptation to plagiarists.” Drummond Rennie calls for a more scientific peer review process. (Nature) Hate journal impact factors? John Bohannon, writing in Science, has a study … Continue reading Weekend reads: Unscientific peer review; impact factor revolt; men love to cite themselves