Update (September 20): Wansink says he plans to retire from Cornell in 2019, Retraction Watch reports.
Six papers coauthored by Cornell University consumer behavior researcher Brian Wansink have been retracted by three JAMA journals, according to a statement released today (September 19) by the publisher. The withdrawal follows revelations of emails suggesting misconduct, including regular data-massaging, in February along with five retractions and 13 corrections of papers in 2017.
In May, Howard Bauchner, a professor of pediatrics at Boston School of Medicine and editor-in-chief of the JAMA journals, raised concerns about several of Wansink’s coauthored papers and the journal network asked Cornell to investigate the validity of the data.
“Cornell University has notified JAMA that based on its investigation they are unable to provide assurances regarding the scientific validity of the 6 studies,” Bauchner writes in the statement. The university sent a statement to the journal network said it could ...
