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Weekend reads: Grad student who alleged discrimination dismissed; academics who play dumb; when papers cite predatory works

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The week at Retraction Watch featured:

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The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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: