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Plant journals uproot duplicate publications that authors used as a hedge

A group of researchers in India has lost two articles in the plant literature for shenanigans with duplicate submission. One article, “Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation and efficient regeneration of a timber yielding plant Dalbergia sissoo Roxb,” appeared online last June in the journal. The authors were from institutions in Orissa. According to the retraction notice, the paper … Continue reading Plant journals uproot duplicate publications that authors used as a hedge

Big trouble in little China: Two looks at what warps scientific publishing there

The press corps has turned its attention to scientific publishing in China this week. Here’s Naomi Ching’s lede — that’s how we spell it in journalism — from Nautilus: You may have heard that Chinese researchers are not very well compensated, compared to their Western counterparts. What you might not know is that they can … Continue reading Big trouble in little China: Two looks at what warps scientific publishing there

Sixth retraction appears for virtual reality researcher

Dong Hee Shin, who studies virtual reality and other technology and who has already retracted five papers, has had another retracted. Here’s the notice in the Journal of Media Economics:

Ask Retraction Watch: Can data from retracted papers be republished?

Another installment of Ask Retraction Watch. A reader asks: I was curious, what happens to papers after retraction? In some cases the papers are retracted by authors claiming that they found some error in the data. As I know, that retraction means that paper is retracted from the whole literature. If the original authors want … Continue reading Ask Retraction Watch: Can data from retracted papers be republished?

Ask Retraction Watch: Can I publish identical data in two different languages?

Time for another installment of Ask Retraction Watch. Today’s query comes from a postdoc: I have a question regarding publications in different languages: Can I publish the same identical data in two different languages? Would this be considered duplication?

Image highjinx lead to retraction of hot pepper paper

You might be forgiven for thinking that the editors were describing a bad relationship rather than a paper gone wrong, the journal of Plant and Cell Physiology is retracting a 2004 article by Korean researchers who “manipulated and repeatedly used” micrographs. The article, “Ornithine Decarboxylase Gene (CaODC1) is Specifically Induced during TMV-mediated but Salicylate-independent Resistant … Continue reading Image highjinx lead to retraction of hot pepper paper

Chemistry papers retracted for “lack of objectivity:” The authors did their own peer review

Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry is retracting three articles for duplication — redundancy the authors, chemical engineers at Islamic Azad University, in Shahreza, Iran, appear to have gotten around by reviewing their own manuscripts. But, if they did say so themselves, those papers were really something! Here’s the retraction notice for … Continue reading Chemistry papers retracted for “lack of objectivity:” The authors did their own peer review

Retraction appears for Harvard scientist who had two mega-corrections last year

Sam Lee, a Harvard biologist who had two mega-corrections published last year, has retracted a paper in Molecular Cell because some of the figures were “inappropriately assembled.” Here’s the notice for “GAMT, a p53-Inducible Modulator of Apoptosis, Is Critical for the Adaptive Response to Nutrient Stress:”

Author of “way out there” paper merging physics and biology has second paper retracted

In February, we brought you the story of Konstantin Meyl, a professor who claims to have developed “a self-consistent field theory which is used to derive at all known interactions of the potential vortex” At the time, one of Meyl’s papers — which a reviewer had called “way out there” — had just been retracted, … Continue reading Author of “way out there” paper merging physics and biology has second paper retracted

That’s not plagiarism, it’s an “administrative error”

Our list of ways that authors and editors find to dance around writing the word “plagiarism” seems to grow longer by the week. Today, we can add “administrative error” to that collection of euphemisms, thanks to authors from South Africa and the editors of an education journal. Here’s the notice for “Development studies students as … Continue reading That’s not plagiarism, it’s an “administrative error”