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Retraction Watch

Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process.

  • By Alison Abritis, Ellie Kincaid
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly six posts per week
  • First post on

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Nov 2022 14
Dec 2022 28
Jan 2023 22
Feb 2023 18
Mar 2023 25
Apr 2023 25
May 2023 24
Jun 2023 26
Jul 2023 26
Aug 2023 22
Sep 2023 21
Oct 2023 27
Nov 2023 25
Dec 2023 28
Jan 2024 28
Feb 2024 24
Mar 2024 21
Apr 2024 18
May 2024 23
Jun 2024 31
Jul 2024 23

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Most recent posts

Authors up past 60 retractions amid ongoing investigation
A. Salar Elahi A group of researchers in Iran now have had more than 60 papers retracted for concerns about peer review and plagiarism as a publisher investigates its back catalog. One of the researchers, …
On , by Dawn Attride, 345 words
‘A proper editor would be horrified’: Why did a pediatric journal publish articles on the elderly?
In June, a scientist researching sarcopenia came across a relevant paper about treatment for elderly patients with complications from the disease as well as type 2 diabetes. The paper was “very bad,” he told us. …
On , by Avery Orrall, 678 words
Exclusive: Prof plagiarized postdoc’s work in now-retracted paper, university found
Charles Conteh A political scientist in Canada copied his postdoc’s work without credit in a paper, according to the retraction notice and a university inquiry report. The paper by Charles Conteh, a professor at Brock …
On , by Dawn Attride, 897 words