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The week at Retraction Watch featured:

A review of a French hydroxychloroquine study that found it was “fully irresponsible“
An expression of concern for a paper that claimed the Koran had predicted the Higgs Boson
An infectious disease researcher that a U.S. federal watchdog said had “recklessly” faked data in grants worth millions
The retraction of a big Nature study on a tiny “dinosaur”
An author retracting a Nature commentary because of concerns about the section’s sponsorship

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 25.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: Why science needs red teams; when clinical trial participants lie; kids cheating in science fairs?

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

A paper on vaccines in Nigeria retracted because its author list omitted key contributors
A French university rescinding a PhD for misconduct
Ten retractions for an itinerant legal scholar who faked his affiliation
Two more journals pushing back against Impact Factor suppression

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 25.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: A paper mill; ‘science needs to clean its own house;’ is the COVID-19 retraction rate ‘exceptionally high?’

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

The retraction of a controversial paper on race and police killings
The case of the stolen journal
An expression of concern for a 77-year-old paper
A judge ordering a Stanford researcher to pay the legal fees of a scientist he sued for defamation

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 22.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: Sexism in a medical textbook; proof Reviewer 2 is a jerk; COVID-19 and research misconduct

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

the retraction of a paper that editors called “deeply offensive to particular minorities“
alarm over self-citation at nearly 50 journals
the story of why a retraction took nearly two years
a retraction because editors realized a penis enlargement drug was just homeopathy

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 22.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: A deluge of papers, reviewed in haste; a dog food study faces scrutiny; the trouble with research evaluations

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

The tale of why it’s so difficult to publish a critical letter
A disappearing act
An apology by an anesthesiology researcher for misconduct
The temporary withdrawal of a COVID-19 “baby cage” study
A cancer researcher being sued for $900,000 in unpaid legal fees

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 22.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: When peer review fails; gender imbalances in citations; COVID-19 science under scrutiny

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

A paper that took a journal three days to accept — and more than two months to retract
The retraction of a 2012 paper widely derided as racist
The retraction of a paper co-authored by someone no one can find
A retraction of a Nature paper by a Harvard group

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 20.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: A wake-up call?; paper’s author accused of racism; an editor resigns over personal attacks

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

The withdrawal of a COVID-19 scoring tool based on Surgisphere data following NEJM, Lancet retractions
Fallout — including suspensions and resignations — from a controversial essay in a chemistry journal
News of a sixth retraction for a criminology researcher
Two retractions for a prolific anesthesiology researcher

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: Top journals under scrutiny; a toxic legacy; science by press release

It was a particularly busy week at Retraction Watch, featuring retractions from four of the top journals in the world:

A retraction from Nature
The retraction of an Annals of Internal Medicine paper claiming masks didn’t halt the spread of COVID-19
A group of anesthesiologists losing 10 papers at once
Retractions from NEJM and Lancet of highly influential COVID-19 papers

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: Hydroxychloroquine paper earns correction; company allegedly fakes COVID-19 data; why retractions fail

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

A clinical trial about COVID-19 by a convicted felon
A journal that published a critical letter and then said it was a mistake
A retraction with ‘rectitude‘
A group that tried to publish the same paper three times

How many papers about COVID-19 have been retracted? We’ve been keeping track, as part of our database. Here’s our frequently updated list.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: Hamsters, cats, dogs, and other fake authors; a fraudster regains her medical license; how to ruin journal titles

Sending thoughts to our readers and wishing them the best in this uncertain time.

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

the retraction of a French study on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
the retraction of a well-publicized study from a JAMA journal about physician burnout
a tenth retraction for an associate vice president of research
another whodunit

How many papers about COVID-19 have been retracted? We’ve been keeping track, as part of our database. Here’s our frequently updated list.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

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