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Princeton student says she did not conduct the experiments described in her now-retracted paper
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (766+ words) Earlier this week, Retraction Watch reported on a Princeton student’s decision to retract her own paper from an engineering journal due to “significant methodological errors.” The student, Rishika Porandla, now tells us she never conducted the experiments described in the…...
Biology journal pulls 100+ articles and counting from special issues for peer review manipulation
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (424+ words) Elsevier’s International Journal of Biological Macromolecules has issued more than 100 retractions and counting for manipulated peer review in guest-edited special issues. The publisher has said one more retraction is coming. Since June the publisher has retracted 120 papers. According to the…...
A college student had to retract her paper. The move was ‘the starting point for a better study’
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (957+ words) As a sophomore at Princeton University, Rishika Porandla took a course called “The Curious Scientist,” where students practice disciplinary research skills and act as a “PI” on a project of their choosing. Porandla didn’t have to think twice about what…...
Weekend reads: Second gene editing death in China reported; Jason Arday’s resignation from Cambridge; Retraction Watch’s sweet 16
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (345+ words) Retraction Watch Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at…...
A composer published a paper on theoretical physics. His lack of credentials drew criticism.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (778+ words) Some people compose music or make YouTube videos for a hobby. That’s Brandon Yates’ job — so in his spare time, he tries his hand at theoretical physics. But his only published paper was questioned because of his lack of professional…...
High-profile anesthesiologists earning retractions for data, image problems
1+ week, 3+ day ago (803+ words) In July 2021, John Loadsman received a manuscript about a clinical trial that immediately roused his suspicion. Then the editor-in-chief of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Loadsman asked the authors for the raw data. They weren’t pretty. “When I looked carefully at…...
Retraction Watch story exposing research factory fuels investigations, preprint withdrawals, termination
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (287+ words) A preprint server has withdrawn three papers by an author at the center of a Retraction Watch story revealing a prolific research factory operated through the WhatsApp messaging system. On July 24, Research Square, a preprint server owned by Springer Nature,…...
Journal, university investigations launched into gene-editing death following Science-Retraction Watch reporting
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (274+ words) Nature is investigating concerns surrounding a paper at the heart of a news story published last week on the death of a 6-year-old girl following a gene therapy treatment in China. The paper, published in February by a team led…...
Journal investigating apparent data mismatch in climate study
2+ week, 6+ day ago (373+ words) A leading environmental economics journal is looking into claims that a 2025 study linking national innovation to lower carbon emissions contains data that does not match its source, after an expert in the field requested the paper be retracted. These allegations…...
Weekend reads: Young girl’s death after gene therapy never made public; FDA retracts lettuce test result; ADA delays editorial publication after controversy
2+ week, 6+ day ago (289+ words) Retraction Watch Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at…...