Weekend reads, part 1: Editor slams PubPeer; scientific fraud pays off

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured yet another case of fake peer review, and a court sentence for a Danish researcher found to have committed fraud. Here’s what was happening elsewhere (stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow): Continue reading Weekend reads, part 1: Editor slams PubPeer; scientific fraud pays off

Weekend reads: STAP saga over once and for all?; plagiarizing prof gets tenure

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured theĀ appeal of a modern-day retraction, and a look at whether a retraction by a Nobel Prize winner should be retracted 50 years later. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: STAP saga over once and for all?; plagiarizing prof gets tenure

Weekend reads: Country retraction rankings; social psychology department replication rankings

booksThis week at Retraction Watch featured an ironic case of what doesn’t make a journal great, and the retraction of a paper from JAMA. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Country retraction rankings; social psychology department replication rankings

Weekend reads: Backstabbing; plagiarism irony; preprints to the rescue

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured a call for the retraction of a paper in NEJM, and a withdrawal of a paper because authors couldn’t pay the page charges. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Backstabbing; plagiarism irony; preprints to the rescue

Weekend reads: Journal invents time machine; endless author lists; is nuance overrated?

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured the unmasking of the people behind PubPeer, and an editor doing the right thing following a high-profile retraction. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Journal invents time machine; endless author lists; is nuance overrated?

Weekend reads: Ghost authors proliferate; science goes to the movies; pricey grant fraud

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured the results of a massive replication study, yet another retraction for Diederik Stapel, and a messy situation at PLOS. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Ghost authors proliferate; science goes to the movies; pricey grant fraud

Weekend reads: “Unfeasibly prolific authors;” why your manuscript will be rejected; is science broken?

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured revelations of yet more fake peer reviews, bringing the retraction total to 250. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: “Unfeasibly prolific authors;” why your manuscript will be rejected; is science broken?

Weekend reads: Top science excuses; how figures can mislead; a strange disclosure

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured a primer on research misconduct proceedings, and some developments in the case of Joachim Boldt, who is now second on our leaderboard. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Top science excuses; how figures can mislead; a strange disclosure

Weekend reads: Academic article brokering; favorite fieldwork bloopers; worst peer review ever

booksThis week, we marked the fifth anniversary of Retraction Watch with the announcement of a generous new grant. We also covered the retraction of a slew of papers in a journal plagued by problems. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Academic article brokering; favorite fieldwork bloopers; worst peer review ever

Weekend reads: What really happened in that lab?; best excuses for falsifying data and rejecting grants

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured the correction of a widely covered study claiming to find evidence of the plague and anthrax on New York City subways, and rulings against scientists suing Harvard, a journal, and the CBC. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: What really happened in that lab?; best excuses for falsifying data and rejecting grants