Weekend reads: How to kill zombie citations; wanted: 6,000 new journals; does peer review matter anymore?

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The week at Retraction Watch featured a retraction and replacement of a diet study in the New England Journal of Medicine, an introduction to the philosophy plagiarism police, and an explanation for why some PLOS ONE retraction notices include more information lately. Here’s what was happening elsewhere (and it was a lot):

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3 thoughts on “Weekend reads: How to kill zombie citations; wanted: 6,000 new journals; does peer review matter anymore?”

  1. I am a faithful retractionwatch.com reader and I would like to know why there is no coverage whatsoever of the Catherine Jessus affair? (https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2018/05/22/integrite-scientifique-a-geometrie-variable_5302602_1650684.html).
    I really would like to know why because the CNRS is really throwing its weight around with 500 signature petitions supporting an author whose support of certain other researchers is suspect…thanks for letting me know.
    sincerely
    David Herz

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