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U Colorado “golden boy” grad student faked data in drug lab, says investigation

A graduate student at the University of Colorado Denver faked data in his work at a drug research lab that has notched two retractions and an expression of concern over “data integrity,” according to an extensive university investigation. It seems like many more retractions are on the horizon for grad student Rajendra Kadam, who worked in the … Continue reading U Colorado “golden boy” grad student faked data in drug lab, says investigation

Montenegro’s science minister accused of plagiarism

Sanja Vlahovic, science minister of Montenegro, copied two-thirds of a 2010 paper on tourism from previously published work by other academics, according to the national daily newspaper Vijesti. The newspaper compared her paper, “Destinations’ Competitiveness in Modern Tourism,” presented at the Tourism & Hospitality Management 2010 conference in Opatija, Croatia, to three previously published papers … Continue reading Montenegro’s science minister accused of plagiarism

Authors retract two papers on Remicade following legal battles

A group of Belgian researchers has retracted two decade-old papers in Arthritis & Rheumatism following an investigation and court case. The papers involved the use of the drug infliximab — sold by Johnson & Johnson as Remicade  — to treat Sjögren’s syndrome, an auto-immune condition marked by the destruction of exocrine glands that secrete saliva … Continue reading Authors retract two papers on Remicade following legal battles

WordPress removes Anil Potti posts from Retraction Watch in error after false DMCA copyright claim

If you went looking for ten of our posts about Anil Potti today, you would have seen error messages instead. That’s because someone claiming to be from a news site in India alleged we violated their copyright with those ten posts about the former Duke University cancer researcher who has had 19 papers retracted, corrected, … Continue reading WordPress removes Anil Potti posts from Retraction Watch in error after false DMCA copyright claim

Multiple retractions as brazen plagiarist victimizes orthopedics literature

Several journals in the field of orthopedics and related disciplines have been victimized by an apparent serial plagiarist. The author, Bernardino Saccomanni, of Gabriele D’ Annunzio University, in Chieti Scalo, Italy—across the boot and up a bit from Rome—appears to have lifted significant amounts of text in several articles. Last January, for example, Current Reviews … Continue reading Multiple retractions as brazen plagiarist victimizes orthopedics literature