Weekend reads: Peer review abuse, a journal that will print anything for $1,200, PubPeer faces legal threats
Another busy week at Retraction Watch. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:
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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
Retraction Watch threatened with legal action…again
For the second time this month, Retraction Watch has been slapped with the threat of a lawsuit, this time Ariel Fernandez, whose work in BMC Genomics became the subject of a recent expression of concern. Today, Fernandez emailed one of us (Adam) the following message: