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The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Publisher investigating all of an author’s papers following reporting by Retraction Watch
Highly criticized paper on dishonesty retracted
Authors who don’t disclose conflicts of interest? “[W]e cannot force them to do so,” says editor
Former Emory division director committed misconduct, says federal watchdog
Highly cited paper marks 14th retraction for Chinese Academy of Sciences researcher

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 155. And there are now 30,000 retractions in our database.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

Weekend reads: A ‘hoax paper’ author resigns; Uyghur DNA papers retracted; a year without p values

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Introducing two sites that claim to sell authorships on scientific papers
Authors object after Springer Nature journal cedes to publisher Frontiers’ demand for retraction
University orders PhD supervisor to retract paper that plagiarized his student
Obama intelligence official shortchanged grad student in 2015 book
‘Misleading and inaccurate information’: Rocky tenure for high mountain paper as complaints prompt retraction

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 154. And there are now 30,000 retractions in our database.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

Weekend reads: A deep dive into a problematic study of ivermectin; how journals respond to allegations; prison and now scrutiny

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Publisher retracting more than 30 articles from paper mills
COVID-19 wastewater tracking paper ends up in the sewer
Publisher offers cash for citations
Pro-tip: Before submitting your manuscript, delete the plagiarism detection report text
Former Tufts grad student settles lawsuit alleging retaliation for whistleblowing
In which we ask: What exactly did peer review accomplish here?

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 154.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

Weekend reads: It’s not all publish or perish?; plagiarism hunters; controls on ‘gain of function’ research weaken

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Readers puzzle over marketing journal’s failures to retract
Doing the right thing: Co-authors of researcher who covered up data fakery retract paper
Journal retracts more articles for being “unethical, scientifically flawed, and based on racist ideas and agenda”
Second time’s the charm: The author who requested a retraction twice
Biotech’s data supporting Alzheimer’s trials under scrutiny
Guest editor says journal will retract dozens of inappropriate papers after his email was hacked

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 151.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

Weekend reads: Fraud in a study of dishonesty; scrutiny of an open access publisher; HHMI prof fired for sexual harassment

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

WHO COVID-19 library contains hundreds of papers from hijacked journals
Will the real hottest month on record please stand up?
Biotech co-founder faked data in NIH-funded research, says federal watchdog
The decade-long saga capped by a $215,000 settlement with the US government
Authors crop estimate that was off by a factor of 60 — or $3 trillion
Meet the alleged brain surgeon who squats on domains, punks journals and listed Wolf Blitzer as a co-author

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 149.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

Weekend reads: ‘An Anti-Tobacco Hero’s Complicated Legacy’; plagiarism at Snopes; is publishing in predatory journals misconduct?

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Researcher in Japan suspended, demoted for plagiarism
Critics face legal threats as journal takes more than three years to act
Ivermectin meta-analysis to be retracted, revised, say authors
Authors blame a “ghoul” for retraction of paper claiming vaccines lead to health and behavioral issues
Authors — except one — retract 2014 Nature paper on genetics
Authors admit they “published the paper without completely studying their work.”
Attorney asks Retraction Watch to remove post because client has lost out on opportunities
False claims allegations cost Mass General, former Harvard researcher more than $1 million

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 149.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

Weekend reads: The ethics committee member who sold grades for cash; how to spot misconduct in clinical trials; biotech cited allegedly altered data in grant application

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Should journals retract when an author is sent to prison for a crime unrelated to their work?
Researcher who faked co-authors earns two more retractions, publication ban following Retraction Watch coverage
Neuroscientist’s work earns three expressions of concern
On our 11th birthday, we’d be grateful for your help.

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 147.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

Weekend reads: The unintended consequences of “trust in science”; Biogen, Aduhelm, and JAMA; how to determine author order, part 592

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Pro-tip: When claiming to use a dataset, make sure it collects what you say it does
Vice-chancellor of university in Pakistan loses paper for plagiarizing from a thesis
Should a researcher who was no longer at an institution when a study began be a co-author?
Prominent behavioral scientist’s paper earns an expression of concern
Science Majorana paper earns an expression of concern
‘A very unfortunate event’: Paper on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy retracted

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 147.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

Weekend reads: Former dean sent herself threatening letters; what it costs to sue for defamation; what a highly cited paper is worth

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

‘Tortured phrases’, lost in translation: Sleuths find even more problems at journal that just flagged 400 papers
Award-winning nursing researcher’s paper retracted for ‘failure to acknowledge the contribution of other researchers and the funding source’
Two years: That’s how long it took a PLOS journal to flag a paper after a sleuth raised concerns
Journals retract papers following publication of university investigation by Retraction Watch
Two Texas studies on COVID-19 retracted because ‘previously approved study protocols appear to violate IRB guidelines around prisoner research’
When a retraction notice leaves out important details: COVID-19, prisoners, and an IRB

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 147.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

Weekend reads: Ivermectin study retracted; Sci-Hub and citations; animal welfare violations at chinchilla lab supplier

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Elsevier says “integrity and rigor” of peer review for 400 papers fell “beneath the high standards expected”
‘In hindsight the mistake was quite stupid’: Authors retract paper on stroke
Researcher committed misconduct while at NIH, say institutes — but is allowed to publish a revised version of a paper
Paper from company claiming phototherapy could treat COVID-19 is retracted
‘Please don’t be afraid to talk about your errors and to correct them.’
JAMA journal retracts paper on masks for children

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 144.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

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