The Retraction Watch Leaderboard
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Former Columbia postdoc faked Alzheimer's research in Cell and Nature
The Cell paper has been cited 150 times, according to Web of Science, while the Nature paper has been cited 40. The Nature paper has not yet been retracted.
Other shoe drops for MIT cancer researcher Robert Weinberg as Cell retraction appears
Robert Weinberg, a prominent cancer scientist whose papers often notch hundreds or thousands of citations, has lost a fourth paper, this time a 2009 publication in Cell.
Retraction to appear for beleaguered plant researcher Olivier Voinnet
Olivier Voinnet, a researcher at ETH in Zurich is retracting a 2004 paper in The Plant Cell, according to the journal's publisher.
BioMed Central retracting 43 papers for fake peer review
BioMed Central is retracting 43 papers possibly involving third-party companies selling the service.
Psychology retractions have quadrupled since 1989
Psychology has been home to some of the most infamous cases of fraud in recent years, and while it's just a few bad apples who are spoiling the bunch, the field itself has seen an overall increase in retractions.
What if universities had to agree to refund grants whenever there was a retraction?
Leonid Schneider argues for a new way to ensure accountability for publicly funded research. It has become clear that scientific dishonesty is rarely sanctioned.
Another Nature stem cell paper is retracted
Another stem cell paper has been retracted from Nature, this one a highly cited 2008 study. This is the 7th retraction in Nature this year.
Shigeaki Kato notches five more retractions, including one in Nature
An endocrinologist who resigned from the University of Tokyo in March 2012 amid an investigation that concluded 43 of his papers should be retracted, has retracted five more papers. The newest is in this week's Nature.
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