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What happened to Joachim Boldt’s 88 papers that were supposed to be retracted?

CHICAGO — Almost two years after editors at 18 journals agreed in March 2011 to retract 88 of former retraction record holder Joachim Boldt’s papers, 10% of them hadn’t been retracted. That’s what Nadia Elia, Liz Wager, and Martin Tramer reported here Sunday in an abstract at the Seventh International Congress on Peer Review and … Continue reading What happened to Joachim Boldt’s 88 papers that were supposed to be retracted?

Insert data here … Did researcher instruct co-author to make up results for chemistry paper?

The chemistry blogs have been buzzing this week with the story of a paper in the journal Organometallics that may — or may not — contain fabricated data. But what makes the story a bit juicier — and yes, it’s sad that fabricated data is a bit ho-hum for us — is that one of … Continue reading Insert data here … Did researcher instruct co-author to make up results for chemistry paper?

University of Utah finds former faculty member guilty of misconduct because of “reckless disregard”

Since last May, we’ve been reporting on a case at the University of Utah involving two retractions and two corrections. When the story first broke, the lab blamed a former worker for inappropriately removing data from the premises, and the university has been investigating. Last month, we reported that Ivana De Domenico, the junior faculty … Continue reading University of Utah finds former faculty member guilty of misconduct because of “reckless disregard”

Imperial clears Jatinder Ahluwalia of misconduct, blames “protracted negotiation” with Novartis for delay

Imperial College London has found that a former graduate student there — who had been found guilty of misconduct in two other institutions — did not commit fraud while at Imperial. As first reported in the Times Higher Education today:

“Why Has the Number of Scientific Retractions Increased?” New study tries to answer

The title of this post is the title of a new study in PLOS ONE by three researchers whose names Retraction Watch readers may find familiar: Grant Steen, Arturo Casadevall, and Ferric Fang. Together and separately, they’ve examined retraction trends in a number of papers we’ve covered. Their new paper tries to answer a question … Continue reading “Why Has the Number of Scientific Retractions Increased?” New study tries to answer

Danish committee: Researcher acted in “scientifically dishonest” and “grossly negligent” manner

A University of Copenhagen researcher who co-authored papers with Milena Penkowa — once the subject of misconduct and embezzlement inquiries — has been found by the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (acronym UVVU in Danish) to have acted in a “scientifically dishonest” and “grossly negligent” manner. Two different researchers brought complaints against Bente Klarlund Pedersen … Continue reading Danish committee: Researcher acted in “scientifically dishonest” and “grossly negligent” manner

Diederik Stapel settles with Dutch prosecutors, won’t face jail time

Diederik Stapel, the former Tilburg University psychology professor who has retracted 53 papers because he made up the data, has settled with Dutch prosecutors, who began a criminal probe of his case last year. Stapel will do 120 hours of community service, and decline disability and illness benefits that would have added up to 18 … Continue reading Diederik Stapel settles with Dutch prosecutors, won’t face jail time

A partial retraction appears for former Salzburg crystallographer who admitted misconduct

A paper by a crystallographer fired from his university for misconduct has been partially retracted. Last year, we covered the case of Robert Schwarzenbacher, formerly of Salzburg University. Schwarzenbacher had provided the crystallographic data for a paper in the Journal of Immunology, but those results raised questions with another crystallographer and prompted an investigation by … Continue reading A partial retraction appears for former Salzburg crystallographer who admitted misconduct