A group of researchers from Taiwan has been forced to retract their 2012 paper in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy for what appears to be a case of double submission. The paper was titled “Electricity harvest from wastewaters using microbial fuel cell with sulfide as sole electron donor.” As the retraction notice explains:
Two papers by researchers from China and Taiwan have been retracted from two journals, one based in the US, one in Croatia, after identical studies appeared in the June 2011 issues of both publications. Eastern European Economics retracted their version first, and that journal’s editor discussed the case with the editors of Proceedings of Rijeka … Continue reading Duplicate analysis of Eastern Europe’s GDP retracted from two journals, one in US, one in Croatia
The journal Environmental Entomology (that’s insects, not words) is retracting a 2010 paper on a sugarcane-loving borer insect by a group from south Florida. The article, “Life Table Studies of Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on Sugarcane,” came from the Everglades Research & Education Center, an arm of the University of Florida. According to the notice:
In the world of scientific misconduct, it’s often worth keeping track of what happens to scientists whose papers were retracted because of falsified or otherwise fraudulent results. Take the case of Hung-Shu Chang. Last week, the the federal Office of Research Integrity announced that it had closed its investigation into the scientist’s misdeeds. Chang was … Continue reading What happens after a retraction for falsified data? An example from Endocrinology