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PubPeer Selections: Corrections in PNAS, PLOS Pathogens after PubPeer critiques; how old is too old?

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PubPeer Selections: Authors respond to critiques; motorcycling meets photonics; soda and aging

This week we learned that Fazlul Sarkar, who is suing PubPeer commenters, claiming he lost a job offer at the University of Mississippi because of their critiques, declined an opportunity to respond to said comments. Here’s another installment of PubPeer Selections:

PubPeer Selections: On an “immodest title;” authors recalculate findings in response to questions

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Scientist sues PubPeer commenters, subpoenas site for names

Last month, we reported that a Wayne State University cancer researcher had threatened legal action involving post-publication peer review site PubPeer, claiming that he had lost a job offer from the University of Mississippi because of comments on the site. Fazlul Sarkar — who has received $12.8 million in NIH funding and has been an investigator … Continue reading Scientist sues PubPeer commenters, subpoenas site for names

Authors retract PNAS paper questioned on PubPeer after original films can’t be found

PubPeer leads the way again: The authors of a paper about Parkinson’s disease in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) have retracted it, several months after a commenter highlighted the exact issue that led to the article’s demise. The paper, originally published in September 2013, was called into question by a commenter on … Continue reading Authors retract PNAS paper questioned on PubPeer after original films can’t be found

PubPeer Selections: More stem cell questions; “is the hassle of a correction really needed?”

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PubPeer Selections: PubPeer comments lead to Science correction; crystal structure in triplicate

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PubPeer Selections: PubPeer comments prompt investigation; Memory of water returns?

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PubPeer Selections: Sniffing at a dog poop paper; how grants should be distributed

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PubPeer Selections: Was a Nature correction adequate?; Use of samples from patients with COPD questioned

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