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Weekend reads: Nepotism in journals; the lessons of the ‘lab leak’ theory; four decades of research misconduct

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The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Nanotech paper retracted for duplicated images
Group’s second paper on potential treatments for COVID-19 is retracted
University of Glasgow ‘in discussions to retract’ seven papers, confirming Retraction Watch reporting
Highly cited cancer immunologist “seriously breached” research conduct code: Australia institute
Journal mulls expression of concern for Cassava Sciences paper
Author who squats on domains to fake affiliations and added Wolf Blitzer as a co-author up to a dozen retractions

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 192. There are now more than 31,000 retractions in our database — which now powers retraction alerts in EndNote, Papers, and Zotero. And have you seen our leaderboard of authors with the most retractions lately?

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Weekend reads: An error in a PLOS journal leads to angry calls to Fauci; Jonathan Pruitt placed on leave; Cassava Sciences under SEC investigation

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Publisher retracts nearly 80 articles over three days
PNAS retracts paper that contributed to lung cancer trial
‘I have zero complaints about the process’: Post-publication analysis earns perception paper a flag
Co-author of paper claiming COVID-19 vaccines linked to miscarriage says he’s retracting it
Elsevier makes “sand, sun, sea and sex with strangers” paper disappear following criticism. And “Sand, sun, sea and sex with strangers” paper did not need human subjects research protection approval, says author
Stanford prof fights efforts to make him pay at least $75,000 in legal fees after dropping defamation suit

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 190. There are now more than 31,000 retractions in our database — which now powers retraction alerts in EndNote, Papers, and Zotero. And have you seen our leaderboard of authors with the most retractions lately?

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Weekend reads, double edition: Scamming journals to publish gibberish; a whole issue with nothing but retractions; ‘the unbearable lightness of scientometric indices’

Welcome to another edition of Weekend Reads. Because our site was down for several days starting last Saturday morning, there was no Weekend Reads last week, and this is a double edition.

The last two weeks at Retraction Watch featured:

IEEE retracts plagiarized paper after Retraction Watch inquiries
Exclusive: University of Glasgow seeking retraction of multiple papers after findings of image manipulation
Behavioral ecologist Jonathan Pruitt’s PhD dissertation withdrawn
Science journal retracts paper after university investigation finds ‘carelessness and lack of attention to detail’
‘Clear evidence of theft’ brings down meningitis paper with dodgy images
Bad MATH+? Covid treatment paper by Pierre Kory retracted for flawed results
Anatomy journal retracts 13 papers
Springer Nature geosciences journal retracts 44 articles filled with gibberish
Astronomer apologizes, withdraws preprint slated for PNAS about impact in the field after criticism
Ivermectin-COVID-19 study retracted; authors blame file mixup
Paper on how trans youth come of age is retracted following ethics board investigation
HHS takes three and a half years to tell us “there are no records responsive to your request”…for a letter we know exists

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Weekend reads: “Passing the professor,” documented; “tortured phrases;” a “catastrophic failure of peer review”

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

When authors stop responding to requests for data, a journal retracts
COVID-19 vaccine-myocarditis paper to be permanently removed: Elsevier
Four years after anesthesiology society’s request, four articles remain unretracted
Plagiarism of a thesis earns authors a retraction — and a two-year-publishing ban
Exclusive: Urology researcher demoted after misconduct investigation — then becomes chair at another school
Report by former Motherisk lab director of cocaine exposure in a child is subjected to an expression of concern

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 188. There are now more than 30,000 retractions in our database. And have you seen our leaderboard of authors with the most retractions lately?

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Weekend reads: Peer review during the pandemic; CEO out after doctored research; more on COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Company fires employee, ends cash for citation scheme following Retraction Watch post
Another journal distances itself from cash for citations after Retraction Watch report
Paper linking COVID-19 vaccines to myocarditis is temporarily removed without explanation
Lancet retracts 10-year-old case report
Publisher investigating paper a lucrative scale is based on following Retraction Watch reporting
When ‘out of print’ really means ‘retracted’
Scientist blames grad student for gibberish book chapter — a charge she calls ‘crazy’
Publisher does a “thorough sweep” of alternative medicine journal after a paper is published in error

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 183. There are now more than 30,000 retractions in our database. And have you seen our leaderboard of authors with the most retractions lately?

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

Weekend reads: Attacks on scientists; NAS ousts researcher; how much it costs to publish

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Journal distances itself from cash for citations scheme after Retraction Watch report
‘We have done a terrible job’: Journal retracts, replaces paper on mosquito-borne infections
A correction is retracted (sort of)
Publisher retracts paper with ethics committee discrepancy after question from Retraction Watch

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 166. And there are now more than 30,000 retractions in our database.

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Weekend reads: A lawsuit over a cell line; criminal charges for a science agency; nonsense in prestigious journals

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Leading marine ecologist, now White House official, violated prominent journal’s policies in handling now-retracted paper
How one US organization hopes to make retractions more visible
Here’s what happened when a publisher looked more closely at a paper milled paper
Retraction of review of broccoli’s health benefits is 22nd for deceased author, 5th for one of his postdocs
Author defends paper claiming COVID-19 vaccines kill five times more people over 65 than they save
Elsevier corrects a retraction notice following questions from Retraction Watch

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 162. And there are now more than 30,000 retractions in our database.

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Weekend reads: Paper mill sanctions; UT Austin suspends prof, repays grant funds; researchers in Mexico threatened with arrest

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Researcher leaves Wistar Institute as he retracts a Nature paper
Scale whose copyright owner defends zealously falls under scrutiny — and journal takes two years to publish a critique
Springer Nature slaps more than 400 papers with expressions of concern all at once
Paper that ripped off a PhD thesis is retracted
Kyoto University fires researcher for fraud in Kumamoto earthquake studies
Criticism engulfs paper claiming an asteroid destroyed Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 160. And there are now more than 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: Vaccine-myocarditis preprint withdrawn; are citations worth $100,000 each?; the lesson of ivermectin

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Four papers by Athira CEO earn expressions of concern
Alzheimer’s diagnosis paper retracted for failure to disclose conflicts of interest, other issues
Study comparing hydroxychloroquine and antiviral drug for COVID-19 retracted
“[T]hese shit comments”: Author of a nonsense paper responds on PubPeer
“Fabulous document”, “very helpful guidance”: Sleuths react to recommendations for handling image integrity issues
Authors of a case report on COVID-19 in a prisoner say they ‘are unsatisfied with the quality of [their] work’

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 160. And there are now more than 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: The ‘plagiarism hunter’; targeting academics over grant fraud; data manipulation at the World Bank

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):

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