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After three retractions, five expressions of concern, cardiologist Matsubara resigns post

Hiroaki Matsubara, a leading Japanese cardiology researcher who has had three papers retracted and another five subject to expressions of concern, has resigned from Kyoto Prefectural University, according to local media. Mainichi Shimbun reports — according to our roughest of (Google) translations — that Kyoto Prefectural University accepted Matsubara’s resignation following an investigation. That investigation … Continue reading After three retractions, five expressions of concern, cardiologist Matsubara resigns post

Hip, hip, retract! Cobalt poisoning case study pulled as duplicate

Hip International has retracted a case study for duplication. (We apologize for the partial duplication of a headline for an earlier post about this journal, which told readers that “Similar cases will be referred to retractionwatch.”) The article was titled “Chronic intoxication with cobalt following revision total hip arthroplasty,” and it appeared online ahead of … Continue reading Hip, hip, retract! Cobalt poisoning case study pulled as duplicate

“Way out there” paper claiming to merge physics and biology retracted

A German professor who claims to have developed “a self-consistent field theory which is used to derive at all known interactions of the potential vortex” will have at least two papers retracted, thanks to the scrutiny of a concerned economist. The first retraction has already appeared, in DNA and Cell Biology, for a paper by … Continue reading “Way out there” paper claiming to merge physics and biology retracted

Retraction Watch, Noah Webster style, cardiology edition

Plagiarism and duplication might involve the same act — the misuse of text and/or data — but they are different species. Take it from Eldon Smith, who as editor of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology defined the two acts of misconduct for his readers: Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results or … Continue reading Retraction Watch, Noah Webster style, cardiology edition

Pig cloning paper retracted for being a clone

Once again, the headline has written itself. The journal Animal has retracted a 2010 paper on cloning pig embryos after it became clear that there were “close similarities” between it and a 2009 paper by some of the same authors. Here’s the notice:

How to report allegations of scientific misconduct

Given the subject of Retraction Watch, readers often email us with papers they’d like us to look into, whether for alleged image manipulation, potential plagiarism or duplication, or other issues. As we explain in question five of our FAQ, we don’t have the resources to do such investigations, unfortunately; we can’t even keep up with … Continue reading How to report allegations of scientific misconduct

“False data” forces retraction of Carbon paper co-authored by postdoc who led to PI’s suspension

There’s a new retraction in the journal Carbon. The case didn’t involve a Carbon copy — say, plagiarism or duplication — but rather an instance of fraud in a Japanese university, part of a larger case we covered last August. Here’s the retraction notice for the paper, “The role of Fe species in the pyrolysis … Continue reading “False data” forces retraction of Carbon paper co-authored by postdoc who led to PI’s suspension

Has “double-dipping” cost U.S. science funding agencies tens of millions of dollars?

Last year, an audit by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found “a potential for unnecessary duplication” among the billions of dollars in research grants funded by national agencies. Some researchers, it seemed, could be winning more than one grant to do the same research. Prompted by that report, Virginia Tech’s Skip Garner and his colleagues … Continue reading Has “double-dipping” cost U.S. science funding agencies tens of millions of dollars?

C-section study retracted for being a twin

A group of surgeons in Cairo, Egypt have retracted their 2012 paper in the International Journal of Women’s Health for plagiarism, although that’s not quite what they’re calling it. Here’s the notice:

Hey authors, “Renewable Energy” doesn’t mean you can recycle words

Renewable Energy may cover conservation, but that doesn’t mean it expects its authors to recycle their own words. The Elsevier journal is retracting a biodiesel paper it published in February 2012 by a group of Chinese researchers who published much the same work in another title a month later. That periodical, the Journal of the … Continue reading Hey authors, “Renewable Energy” doesn’t mean you can recycle words