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Pfizer database errors cause two voluminous retractions for JACC statin-biomarker papers

Coding errors in a database maintained by Pfizer have led authors to retract two heart biomarker papers in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The two notices, for “Prediction of cardiovascular events in statin-treated patients by lipid and non-lipid biomarkers” and “Plasma PCSK9 levels and clinical outcomes in the TNT (Treating to New … Continue reading Pfizer database errors cause two voluminous retractions for JACC statin-biomarker papers

Markets crash, and so does a paper explaining why

Markets undergo flash crashes — when stocks or bonds rapidly nosedive in value and then just as rapidly recover — every day. On May 6, 2010, for example, the entire equity market flamed out and then nearly recovered its value all in the matter of hours. Economic papers can do the same, apparently. Take the … Continue reading Markets crash, and so does a paper explaining why

Plagiarism of textbooks, encyclopedia leads to physics retraction

A pair of Iranian physicists is facing the retraction of one of their papers after editors found out some of the work was plagiarized from two textbooks and an encyclopedia. Here’s the notice:

Second retraction appears for University of Wisconsin neuroscientist who faked images

A University of Wisconsin scientist who was found by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) to have faked data in two papers, has had a second study retracted. Here’s the notice: for “Secretory phospholipase A2 IIA is up-regulated by TNF-α and IL-1α/β after transient focal cerebral ischemia in rat,” by Rao Adibhatla and colleagues and … Continue reading Second retraction appears for University of Wisconsin neuroscientist who faked images

Frequent Retraction Watch fliers rack them up: Stapel hits 51, Lichtenthaler scores number 9

Quick updates on work by two people whose names appear frequently on Retraction Watch: Diederik Stapel and Ulrich Lichtenthaler. Last month, we reported on the 50th retraction for Stapel. Here’s number 51 in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, for “The flexible unconscious: Investigating the judgmental impact of varieties of unaware perception:”

New Mexico obstetrics researcher violated research subject protocols: Retraction notice

Laurence Cole, an obstetrics researcher at the University of New Mexico, made an appearance on this blog in November 2011 after the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology published a remarkably heavy-handed retraction of one of his papers. Shortly after, we learned that the retraction was preceded by a strongly-worded letter from an attorney representing … Continue reading New Mexico obstetrics researcher violated research subject protocols: Retraction notice

Why publishers should explain why papers disappear: The complicated Lewandowsky study saga

Last year, Stephan Lewandowsky and colleagues posted a paper, scheduled for an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, with a, shall we say, provocative title: NASA Faked the Moon Landing—Therefore, (Climate) Science Is a Hoax An Anatomy of the Motivated Rejection of Science In an interview last year with Lewandowsky, NPR gathered some of the reactions … Continue reading Why publishers should explain why papers disappear: The complicated Lewandowsky study saga

Post 982 — in which we find plagiarized bone graft paper that grafted from other papers

The Surgeon has retracted a 2012 article by a group from the U.K. who took text from a previously published article. So, you say? Nu? Well, we found — through relatively little effort — that the plagiarizees were themselves, shall we say, liberal in their use of material from other sources. The retracted article was … Continue reading Post 982 — in which we find plagiarized bone graft paper that grafted from other papers

The “unintentionality” of being leads to nothingness for paper on protein’s role in cancer

A group of cancer researchers in Argentina has retracted a paper on the p300 protein in breast cancer that appeared in Experimental and Molecular Pathology. The article, titled “Intracellular distribution of p300 and its differential recruitment to aggresomes in breast cancer,” was published in 2010 by Maria E. Fermento and colleagues. It has been cited 11 … Continue reading The “unintentionality” of being leads to nothingness for paper on protein’s role in cancer

Toothless wonder? Paper on “oldest human fossil in Europe” temporarily removed from journal’s site

A paper about a high-profile human fossil has been mysteriously removed from the journal that published it just two weeks ago. Here’s the notice for “The oldest human fossil in Europe dated to ca. 1.4 Ma at Orce (Spain),” originally published on March 5: