weekend reads – Retraction Watch

Weekend reads: ‘Why I retracted part of my PhD dissertation’; second NIH official departs; Bik fund

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

As Springer Nature journal clears AI papers, one university’s retractions rise drastically
Science is considering retracting ‘arsenic life’ paper
Two papers coauthored by a dean retracted, with a third in question
Science editor encourages addressing integrity questions publicly
Announcing the Elisabeth Bik Science Integrity Fund
Editors resign from sedimentology society journal amid ‘extraordinary and troubling times’
Second paper by Nobel laureate Thomas Südhof retracted

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Mass resignations hit psychotherapy journal after publisher replaced editors.
Undisclosed conflicts, lightning-fast peer review: One Alzheimer’s journal’s role in a failed drug.
‘The fraud was not subtle’: Chemist blames students after ten papers retracted.
Editors resign from Springer immunology journal to launch nonprofit title.
Researcher removed from journal masthead, loses three more papers.

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Journal updates retraction notice to include plagiarism following Retraction Watch report
Anatomy of a retraction: When cleaning up the literature takes six years
Former student was running a paper mill, says university
Sage journal retracts another 400 papers
How academic leaders should respond to shock and awe

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More than three decades after misconduct ruling, researcher’s IQ test paper is retracted
‘Foolish mistake’: Guest editor loses three articles published in his own special issues
Researcher alleges group stole thesis data presented at conference
Thousands demand withdrawal of review article recommending exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome
Paper retracted after author told journal study was ‘not actually performed’

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The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Meet Retraction Watch’s two new journalists
Elsevier denies AI use in response to evolution journal board resignations
Biotech company agrees to pay $4 million to settle data falsification allegations
Science paper by Toronto lab retracted
The 14 universities with publication metrics researchers say are too good to be true