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Retraction Watch is an outlet that reports on scientific paper retractions and research ethics.

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Why a College Student Decided to Retract Her Own Paper

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RFK Jr. Questions Journal Publisher on Vaccine Paper’s Expression of Concern

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Publisher Investigates an Alleged Peer Review Extortion Attempt

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Max Planck’s Previously Retracted Papers Get Reinstated

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A Researcher’s Suspiciously High H-Index Revealed a Vast Citation Ring

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Flawed Kaggle Datasets Used in Clinical Models Spark Retractions

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Integrity Concerns Fail to Slow Citation of Problematic Papers

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Scientist Accused of Faking NIH Email in Misconduct Case

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Fake Authors, Real Citations: Scientists Discovered a Preprint Plagiarism Network

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Editor Authored 58 Percent of Conference Papers, Publisher Retracts Them All

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138 Case Reports in a Pediatric Medical Journal Turned Out to be Fake

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Turmoil Erupts at Wiley Journal Whose Editor is Cited in Over Half of its Papers

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Pregnancy Cravings for Prime Numbers? Fake Paper Scams Predatory Publishers

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Ghosted by a Journal, Author Issues Her Own Retraction

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US Office of Research Integrity Reported Just Two Misconduct Cases in 2025

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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