Search Results for: plagiarism

Anti-terrorism researcher notches ninth retraction — or does he?

A year ago, we wrote about eight retractions by Nasrullah Memon, an anti-terrorism researcher at the University of Southern Denmark, for plagiarism. He seems to has another retraction, although that may be in dispute. As Debora Weber-Wulff reports, Memon’s chapter in Advanced Data Mining and Applications, which “constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International … Continue reading Anti-terrorism researcher notches ninth retraction — or does he?

Another retraction for sex researcher Weijmar Schultz

Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, the Groningen sex researcher (and Ig Nobel winner) who misused the 1985 thesis of an American scholar, and the work of another researcher, in at least five published articles, has tallied another retraction in the affair, his sixth. As we reported earlier, Schultz had been cleared of plagiarism but found to have … Continue reading Another retraction for sex researcher Weijmar Schultz

Jonah Lehrer’s German publisher will release adjusted version of Imagine sans fabricated quotes

An edited version of Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine, the book withdrawn from shelves in 2012 by his publisher Houghton Mifflin because he had fabricated quotes by Bob Dylan, will be released in Germany next month, according to a report in the German media. In a story titled “Free ride for the falsifier” (“Freie Fahrt für den … Continue reading Jonah Lehrer’s German publisher will release adjusted version of Imagine sans fabricated quotes

Should this engineering paper have been retracted?

The journal Safety Science has retracted a 2013 paper by a group of engineers from Brazil who had published the article previously, albeit in a much abbreviated form, a year earlier. What makes this case more than a straightforward matter of duplication/self-plagiarism is that the authors greatly expanded upon the earlier article. The initial paper … Continue reading Should this engineering paper have been retracted?

Stiff sentence for French researcher found guilty of plagiarizing

We have a follow-up from François-Xavier Coudert on the trial of two French odontology researchers accused of stealing from — and abetting the theft of — the work of a graduate student. A French court has ruled that French dental researcher accused of plagiarizing the thesis of a fellow student was guilty of the charge, but … Continue reading Stiff sentence for French researcher found guilty of plagiarizing

Fourth retraction for chemists in Iran

We’ve found a fourth retraction for a group of chemists in Iran who plagiarized. As before, the offending article had appeared in Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. This time, however, it did not include a co-author from Ball State University in Indiana, Robert Sammelson, whose name had appeared on three of the earlier … Continue reading Fourth retraction for chemists in Iran

More retractions for authors who duplicated — and did their own peer review

Add to the retraction pile for a pair of chemists in Iran who duplicated their work — and reviewed their own articles to boot. The authors, Kobra Pourabdollah and Bahram Mokhtari, are affiliated with the Razi Chemistry Research Center in the Shahreza Branch of Islamic Azad University. In September, we reported on the retractions of … Continue reading More retractions for authors who duplicated — and did their own peer review

A retracted retraction? Authors salvage entomology paper with image issues

The paper is dead. Long live the paper! Earlier this year, we brought you the case of a group of Brazilian insect researchers who lost two 15-year-old papers in different journals for duplication. One of those papers has been resurrected, albeit in a rather puzzling way. The article, “Non-local interactions and the dynamics of dispersal … Continue reading A retracted retraction? Authors salvage entomology paper with image issues

Retraction prompts letter of explanation by co-author — and a legal threat against Retraction Watch

The European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging has an interesting exchange of retraction-related notices in its pages. The article, “Neuroradiological advances detect abnormal neuroanatomy underlying neuropsychological impairments: the power of PET imaging,” appeared in 2011 and was written by Benjamin Hayempour and Abass Alavi, one of the pioneers in PET imaging. According to … Continue reading Retraction prompts letter of explanation by co-author — and a legal threat against Retraction Watch