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Heart journal issues expression of concern after fraud report

The American Heart Association’s journal Circulation has issued an expression of concern for a paper about the molecular underpinnings of arrhythmias that was co-authored by a biomedical engineer who committed fraud on a massive scale. According to an investigation by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI), former Vanderbilt engineer Igor Dzhura faked nearly 70 images and drastically over-estimated … Continue reading Heart journal issues expression of concern after fraud report

Weekend reads: P values banned, climate skeptic fails to disclose corporate funding, editors behaving badly

This week at Retraction Watch featured a change of heart by a journal, and a look at Nature’s addition of double-blind peer review. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

After 25 years, AIDS fraud comes back swinging

Henk Buck, a Dutch chemist who once claimed he could cure AIDS, is back, publishing a long explanation of why he was right all along in a journal by what Jeffrey Beall calls a possible predatory publisher. Buck spent a few months in 1990 as a hero. In April of that year, he and his team published … Continue reading After 25 years, AIDS fraud comes back swinging

University of Utah investigation fingers chem engineering grad student for misconduct

A second retraction has been issued in a case of research misconduct at the chemistry department of chemical engineering at the University of Utah. The first retraction, in August of 2013, got a lot of attention for how poorly faked the figures were. At the time, an expression of concern was issued on the paper … Continue reading University of Utah investigation fingers chem engineering grad student for misconduct

Weekend reads: Making research true; peer review in Shakespeare; a 79-year-old postdoc

The week at Retraction Watch began with the retraction of a paper touted by Dr. Oz. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Weekend reads: DIY peer review, wildly exaggerated breakthroughs, and how to commit fraud without being caught

Another busy week at Retraction Watch. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

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:

Weekend reads: Women in science, creative peer review, is civil discourse about science still possible?

Another busy week at Retraction Watch. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Rice researcher in ethics scrape threatens journal with lawsuit over coming retraction

Guangwen Tang, a rice researcher at Tufts University, landed in hot water in 2012 after her team was accused of feeding Chinese children genetically modified Golden Rice without having obtained informed consent from the parents. Now, she’s suing both Tufts and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which reportedly is retracting a paper, “ß-carotene in Golden Rice is as good … Continue reading Rice researcher in ethics scrape threatens journal with lawsuit over coming retraction

Three PLOS ONE papers retracted for totally made-up data

This one comes to us from Twitter, where Willem van Schaik went to express his frustration that a PLOS ONE paper he’d edited had been retracted for fake data. Two other papers from the same group at the Institute of Microbial Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Chandigarh, India, were retracted simultaneously. We sent van Schaik … Continue reading Three PLOS ONE papers retracted for totally made-up data