Duke misconduct case prompts another expression of concern — but not a retraction
Here’s an expression of concern that raised some eyebrows around the Retraction Watch HQ.
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Psychology researcher committed misconduct, says university
A Dutch university has found a former psychology researcher at the institution guilty of misconduct for several offenses, including lack of ethics approval for some of her studies and fabricating results in grant applications. In a Nov. 11, 2019, report, officials at the University of Leiden stated that the researcher, whom it does not identify, … Continue reading Psychology researcher committed misconduct, says university
‘We badly need to change processes’: How ‘slow, opaque and inconsistent’ journals’ responses to misconduct can be
Two researchers from Japan — Jun Iwamoto and the late Yoshihiro Sato — have slowly crept up our leaderboard of retractions to positions 3 and 4. They have that dubious distinction because a group of researchers from the University of Auckland the University of Aberdeen, who have spent years analyzing the work. As their efforts continue, … Continue reading ‘We badly need to change processes’: How ‘slow, opaque and inconsistent’ journals’ responses to misconduct can be
Authors “in shock” when image reuse doesn’t fly with publishers of paper on emu oil and stem cells
A team of researchers in Iran has lost a 2018 paper on using emu oil to prepare stem cells because they tried to recycle previously published images. The journal told us that a whistleblower had raised concerns about the article, prompting an involved back-and-forth with the authors and even efforts at accommodation before the eventual … Continue reading Authors “in shock” when image reuse doesn’t fly with publishers of paper on emu oil and stem cells
“I cannot agree to this unfounded, unscientific, and rather Kafkian retraction.”
Mladen Pavicic, of the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and the Ruder Boskovic Institute in Zagreb, Croatia has had a paper retracted from Nanoscale Research Letters. He’s not happy about it. In a preprint posted to arXiv, “Response to “Retraction Note: Can Two-Way Direct Communication Protocols Be Considered Secure,” Pavicic writes:
NIH to lift Duke sanctions stemming from misconduct
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to lift sanctions it placed on Duke University more than 1.5 years ago following concerns about how the school responded to recent cases of misconduct. In a memo today to faculty and staff obtained by Retraction Watch, Lawrence Carin, Duke vice president for research wrote:
Reviewers asked authors to change their study design. It apparently didn’t go well.
In what the editor of a psychiatry journal says in an unusual case, the authors of a paper on treatments for depression have retracted it after being alerted to “inconsistencies” stemming from a change to their study design that the peer reviewers had requested. Here’s the retraction notice, in The Journal of Nervous and Mental … Continue reading Reviewers asked authors to change their study design. It apparently didn’t go well.
‘The methodology does not generate the results’: Journal corrects accounting study with flawed methods
What a difference a Yi,t=β0+β1IOˆi,t+β2Xi,t+ωt+εi,t.Yi,t=β0+β1IO^i,t+β2Xi,t+ωt+εi,t. makes. The authors of a 2016 paper on institutional investing have corrected their article — to include the equation above — in the wake of persistent questions about their methodology. The move follows the protracted retraction earlier this year of a similar article in The Accounting Review by the duo, … Continue reading ‘The methodology does not generate the results’: Journal corrects accounting study with flawed methods
Weekend reads: Grad student who alleged discrimination dismissed; academics who play dumb; when papers cite predatory works
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured: A rare permanent ban on U.S. federal research funding for … Continue reading Weekend reads: Grad student who alleged discrimination dismissed; academics who play dumb; when papers cite predatory works
Final reminder: We’re phasing out one of our email alerts. Here’s how to keep up with Retraction Watch.
As some Retraction Watch readers have known, we’ve had off-and-on technological issues with the site. At least in some cases, those problems seem to have been due to DDOS attacks. We’ve been taking steps to ensure the site’s reliability, and we’re taking another one. Since our inception in 2010, we’ve offered a way to receive … Continue reading Final reminder: We’re phasing out one of our email alerts. Here’s how to keep up with Retraction Watch.