University dean’s attempt to correct a paper turns into a retraction https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/14/university-dean-marcel-dinger-correct-paper-retraction/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Weekend reads: Western publishing at a ‘breaking point’; NIH to cap publisher fees; sleuths say their work is being ‘weaponized’ https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/12/weekend-reads-western-publishing-at-a-breaking-point-nih-to-cap-publisher-fees-sleuths-say-their-work-is-being-weaponized/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Retraction for ‘unsound’ analysis was ‘disproportionate and discouraging,’ author says https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/11/retraction-for-unsound-analysis-was-disproportionate-and-discouraging-author-says/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Do you need informed consent to study public posts on social media? https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/10/reddit-informed-consent-schizophrenia-study-public-posts-social-media/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
When it comes to conflicts of interest, affiliations are apparently no smoking gun https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/08/conflict-of-interest-affiliation-toxicology-reports-elsevier/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Harvard researcher’s work faces scrutiny after private equity deal https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/07/harvard-gokhan-hotamisligil-research-scrutiny-private-equity-turkey/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Viral paper on black plastic kitchen utensils earns second correction https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/06/viral-paper-black-plastic-kitchen-spatula-utensils-chemosphere-second-correction/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Weekend reads: Problematic papers prompt submission pause; HHS walks back Springer Nature cancellation; and hidden prompts for positive peer reviews https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/05/weekend-reads-problematic-papers-prompt-submission-pause-hhs-walks-back-springer-nature-cancellation-hidden-prompts-positive-peer-reviews/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Remembering Mario Biagioli, who articulated how scholarly metrics lead to fraud https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/03/remembering-mario-biagioli-who-articulated-how-scholarly-metrics-lead-to-fraud/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Chinese funding agency penalizes 25 researchers for misconduct https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/02/chinese-funding-agency-penalizes-25-researchers-for-misconduct/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Do men or women retract more often? A new study weighs in https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/01/men-women-retractions-gender-retraction-ratio/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Weekend reads: Trump cuts funding for Springer Nature pubs; another nonexistent study for HHS; what RFK Jr. got right about academic publishing https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/28/weekend-reads-trump-cuts-funding-springer-nature-nonexistent-study-rfk-jr-academic-publishing/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Science issues correction on a paper after repeat experiments and misconduct finding https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/27/science-correction-erratum-repeat-experiments-misconduct-finding/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Swedish regulators drop investigations into Chalmers’ prosthetics lab https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/26/swedish-regulators-drop-investigations-into-chalmers-prosthetics-lab/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Guest post: In defense of direct replication studies (if they even need defending) https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/25/guest-post-in-defense-of-direct-replication-studies-if-they-even-need-defending/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Slovak science academy ‘strictly condemns’ government official’s paper on mRNA vaccines https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/24/slovak-science-academy-strictly-condemns-government-officials-paper-on-mrna-vaccines/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
COPE integrity officer loses 22-year-old paper for image concerns https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/23/cope-integrity-officer-loses-22-year-old-paper-for-image-concerns/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Weekend reads: Nobel Prize winners and retractions; Nature to publish peer reviews automatically; ‘AI or Die’? https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/21/weekend-reads-nobel-prize-winners-retractions-nature-publish-peer-reviews-automatically-ai-or-die/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
Editors won’t retract talc and cancer article J&J says is false in court https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/19/talc-mesothelioma-johnson-and-johnson-jacqueline-moline-court/ #Science #ScienceCommunications
