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From typo-laden code in psychedelics research to paper mills and plagiarism, we look back on some of the most notable retractions in scientific publishing this year.

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Nobel Prize Winner Faces Investigation into Paper Integrity

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Federal Investigators Probe Possible Misconduct in Pig Research

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Gone but Not Forgotten: Retracted COVID-19 Papers Still Cited

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PLOS ONE Pulls Five Papers Tied to Alzheimer’s Drug Controversy

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Q&A: Potential Partiality in Scientific Publishing

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A Surge in Pandemic Research Shines a Spotlight on Preprints

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Paper Proposing COVID-19, Magnetism Link to Be Retracted

Timeline: When Bad Research Changes Public Health Strategy

The Surgisphere Scandal: What Went Wrong?

The Lancet Alters Editorial Practices After Surgisphere Scandal

Paper Used in Creationist Teaching Retracted After 30 Years

Nature Retracts Paper on Delivery System for CAR T Immunotherapy

JAMA Journals Retract Six Papers by Cornell Researcher

Study: 35,000 Papers May Have Retraction-Worthy Image Duplication

Italian Scientist’s Retraction Count Hits 15

Kyoto University Finds Stem Cell Researcher Guilty of Data Fabrication

Mass Resignation from Scientific Reports’s Editorial Board

Oncotarget Journal Cut from Medline

Retractions Damage Scientists’ Reputations: Study

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