Weekend reads: Monsanto demands retraction; fast-track peer review for fee scrutinized; fraud in China
This week at Retraction Watch featured 43 papers retracted at once for fake peer reviews. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:
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Psychology retractions have quadrupled since 1989: study
Marc Hauser. Dirk Smeesters. Diederik Stapel. Psychology has been home to some of the most infamous cases of fraud in recent years, and while it’s just a few bad apples who are spoiling the bunch, the field itself has seen an overall increase in retractions, according to a new paper by Jürgen Margraf appearing in Psychologische Rundschau and titled “Zur … Continue reading Psychology retractions have quadrupled since 1989: study
Weekend reads: Potti trial to begin; fraudster post-doc fired; how to avoid predatory journals
This week at Retraction Watch featured a hotly debated guest post from Leonid Schneider and two ORI findings. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:
Weekend reads: Sensationalism in science journalism and PR; Beall’s predatory publisher list grows
Happy New Year! This week, we took a look back at 2014. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:
Weekend reads: Science News cites The Onion, bitterness over lack of credit in sixth grader’s project
Another busy week at Retraction Watch. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:
Weekend reads: Shocking suicide statistics, scientists say they’re over-regulated, the real @FakeElsevier
Another busy week at Retraction Watch. Here’s what was happening elsewhere on the web:
Weekend reads: Retraction Watch on NPR; “hysteria” over replication; when a paywall might be a good thing
It’s been another busy week at Retraction Watch, mostly because of the unfolding Jens Förster story. Here’s what was happening elsewhere on the web:
New Dutch psychology scandal? Inquiry cites data manipulation, calls for retraction
The University of Amsterdam has called for the retraction of a 2011 paper by two psychology researchers after a school investigation concluded that the article contained bogus data, the Dutch press are reporting. The paper, “Sense Creative! The Impact of Global and Local Vision, Hearing, Touching, Tasting and Smelling on Creative and Analytic Thought,” was … Continue reading New Dutch psychology scandal? Inquiry cites data manipulation, calls for retraction
German university calls whistleblower’s emails “dangerous”
In an unusual move, a German university has issued a statement calling into question “the scientific honesty” of a whistleblower, and suggesting that his emails were “dangerous.” Some background: Off and on here at Retraction Watch, we have been following a complicated case involving Robert Nitsch, a scientist at the Johannes-Gutenberg-University. In August of last … Continue reading German university calls whistleblower’s emails “dangerous”