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Weekend reads: Retracted COVID-19 papers; a coronavirus study kept under wraps; Harvard and Jeffrey Epstein

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How many papers about COVID-19 have been retracted?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.

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The retraction of a paper claiming that aerosolized coronavirus spread much further than previously thought
Two Elsevier journals that haven’t retracted papers a year after a university asked them to
The retraction of a paper in Science on electromagnetics
A Springer Nature journal that took four years to retract a plagiarizing paper

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More questions about a paper about hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19.
More than 40 retractions or expressions of concern for papers that likely reported on organ transplants from executed prisoners in China.
The tale of the secret publishing ban.
A paper that plagiarized a paper that plagiarized — but isn’t being retracted.

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An “expression of concern” — or something very much like it — for a highly influential paper about hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19.
The eighth retraction for a researcher who sued his university for discrimination.
The 15th retraction for an author who engaged in fake peer review.
Some authors unhappy after their retraction count grows to five.

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A researcher who felt “shocked” and “physically ill” — but still corrected the record.
A retraction mystery in which none of the authors of a paper knew anything about it.
The retraction of a paper in Nature after years of scrutiny.

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