retractions

The group calls for the retraction of six publications by surgeon Paolo Macchiarini regarding the synthetic trachea transplantations that led to the death of at least three patients. 

Scientific misconduct motivated Yoshihiro Sato’s three additional retractions last month; his institution doesn’t respond. 

Authors of rescinded papers see a 10 percent to 20 percent decline in citation rates for their other publications. 

Several initiatives aim to improve research integrity in the country, but recent high-profile cases of misconduct highlight a lingering problem.

A look at this year’s most memorable retractions

Springer Nature pulls 58 articles in one fell swoop, citing plagiarism and authorship manipulation, among other things.

A lawsuit claims that Duke University and biologist Erin Potts-Kant used bad data in projects funded by dozens of government grants.

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An institutional investigation has found evidence of image manipulation in two studies coauthored by Bharat Aggarwal.

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Reproducibility edition

Nature retracts a study six years after an investigation found that the protein structures it reported were fabricated.

Scientists retract two studies from the Journal of Virology, citing another case of an author tinkering with figures.

A look at this year’s most memorable retractions

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Elsevier retracts nine papers from five of its journals after discovering made-up reviewer email addresses.

The publisher is retracting 17 articles because of tampering with the peer-review process.

Springer is pulling 64 papers from 10 of its journals because of “fabricated peer-review reports.”

Science releases new guidelines for research transparency, hoping to stem the tide of retractions and misconduct.