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Weekend reads: Scientist loses job after 30 retractions; breast cancer researcher committed misconduct; “two crashes” at Duke

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The week at Retraction Watch featured:

an author irked about “science by tweet” after his paper is flagged;
an author irked by Elsevier’s decision to retract nine of his papers for fake peer review;
a researcher who is no longer in his job following a misconduct finding;
the retraction of a paper questioning the link between HIV and AIDS years after criticism.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: A costly code glitch; sparks fly over a heart trial; cancer researcher faced five investigations

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

the retraction of a study that claimed high heels made women more attractive;
an update from a whistleblower in a case involving 30 retractions;
a journal’s NBA moment;
an investigation at a Harvard cancer lab;
and a major milestone for our database.

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: A CRISPR retraction; questions about football concussion data; an ethicist who has led to more than 20 retractions

The week at Retraction Watch featured a university’s findings that dozens of papers by a famous psychologist were “unsafe;” a researcher who will soon be up to 30 retractions; and a psychology professor who took an unusual opportunity to try to undermine her critics. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: The need for more honesty in science; a fight between authors of a GM mosquito paper; faked academic CVs

The week at Retraction Watch featured a case of doing the right thing in autism research; two more retractions for a formerly high-profile Harvard stem cell researcher; and the retraction of a paper claiming that a religious upbringing is linked to less generosity. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: Jailed for publishing a paper; pushing back on vaping research; “sugar daddy science”

The week at Retraction Watch featured lots of news involving Nature, including the retraction of a paper on ocean warming and the journal’s rescinding of a mentoring award. It also included a sterling example of the post hoc fallacy. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: Retract papers, win major awards; “citation doping;” authorship abuse

The week at Retraction Watch featured a paper that used a mouse that doesn’t exist; the departure of a Columbia professor after plagiarism findings; and the correction of a paper whose authors claimed that cell phone use was causing people to grow “horns.” Here’s what happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: Citation manipulation gone wild; astrology meets research; a classic mistake in a study of free will

The week at Retraction Watch featured the retraction of a paper that claimed that scientists were suppressing evidence about the risks of cell phones; the retraction of a study by the daughter of an embattled South Korean politician; and 22 retractions for a materials scientist that might be the tip of the iceberg. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: The scale of misconduct in China; toxic peer reviews; license to publish?; an editorial revolt

The week at Retraction Watch featured a researcher at Northwestern who’s up to five retractions; a retraction because editors found it implausible that a researcher could perform a clinical trial single-handedly; and seven retractions at once when a researcher blamed a flood for lost data. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: PhD sues alma mater for alleged retaliation; an unexpected rejection; saying no to peer review requests

The week at Retraction Watch featured a former postdoc who faked nearly 60 experiments; an apology and retraction from a cancer researcher; and three retractions from UCLA. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: Self-citation farms; an editor refuses to retract; publishing enters politics

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The week at Retraction Watch featured a massive correction for a paper used to support the ban on Caster Semenya competing; a book retraction that took eleven months; and a husband and wife team about to lose their jobs for research misconduct. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

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