The week at Retraction Watch featured news that a religion journal wouldn’t be retracting a paper despite evidence of forgery in the evidence it relied on, and also news that we’re hiring. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Open data’s downsides; do journals serve a purpose?; fraud allegations down in China
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Weekend reads: Naughty journals; whistleblowers’ frustration; new misconduct definition?
The week at Retraction Watch featured revelations of fraud in more than $100 million in government research, and swift findings in a much-discussed case. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Naughty journals; whistleblowers’ frustration; new misconduct definition?
Weekend reads: Idiotic reviews; wrong metrics in China; questions about preprints
The week at Retraction Watch featured the corrections of papers claiming that conservative beliefs were linked to psychotic traits, and a new member of our leaderboard, from philosophy. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Idiotic reviews; wrong metrics in China; questions about preprints
Weekend reads: How to prove (and find) false claims; confessions of a wasteful scientist
This week at Retraction Watch featured what may be a record for plagiarism, a paper retracted because the device researchers claimed to use hadn’t arrive in the institution yet, and a technical glitch, which meant you may have missed some of our posts. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: How to prove (and find) false claims; confessions of a wasteful scientist
Weekend reads: Improper influence by NFL; dissertations for sale; how common is failure to reproduce?
The week at Retraction Watch featured controversy over an economics paper, and a report of a researcher who faked more than 70 experiments. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Improper influence by NFL; dissertations for sale; how common is failure to reproduce?
Weekend reads: Grim outlook for PhDs; “stealth research;” more sexual harassment
The week at Retraction Watch featured a discussion of why science has bigger problems than retractions, and a look at what happened when a journal decided to get tough on plagiarism. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Grim outlook for PhDs; “stealth research;” more sexual harassment
Weekend reads: A peer reviewer goes on strike; why science should be more boring; publish or perish = less quality
The week at Retraction Watch featured an economist being asked to review his own paper, and a new member of our leaderboard. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: A peer reviewer goes on strike; why science should be more boring; publish or perish = less quality
Weekend reads: Another autism-vaccine fraud movie?; zombie papers; herbicide-cancer report taken down
The week at Retraction Watch featured an imposter editor and an author who threatened to sue a journal if it didn’t reverse a retraction. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Another autism-vaccine fraud movie?; zombie papers; herbicide-cancer report taken down
Weekend reads: Research parasite awards; money-back research guarantees; Sci-Hub takes over the world
This week at Retraction Watch featured a confession about research misconduct, and a debate over whether a paper should have been retracted. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Research parasite awards; money-back research guarantees; Sci-Hub takes over the world
Weekend reads: Peer review, troubled from the start; how to survive as a whistle-blower
The week at Retraction Watch featured news that one in 25 papers in a massive screen includes inappropriate image manipulation, and of the eighth and ninth retractions for a neuroscience team. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Peer review, troubled from the start; how to survive as a whistle-blower