The Retraction Watch Weekly
Retraction WatchA weekly roundup of news from Retraction Watch and elsewhere about scientific misconduct, integrity, and publishing
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, July 20, 2026
A student claims to have a PhD; rising star loses eight papers in journal he edited; Joachim Boldt up to 240 retractions; Harvard cancer researchers earn retraction; Cochrane authors 'disappointed'
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, July 13, 2026
Max Planck papers reinstated; Splenda lawsuit tossed; stats journal editors resign; high school student loses paper; Sage to retract papers by dismissed rising star
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, July 6, 2026
A fake Columbia affiliation; math journal editors leave Wiley; computer science society creates new research integrity role to address backlog; sex pay ban paper earns retraction
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, June 29, 2026
Indexing on hold for journals after RW investigation; increasing workload's consequences at a journal; evolutionary biologist earns a new retraction 20 years after a misconduct finding; EoCs for books
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, June 22, 2026
RFK Jr. and retractions; a scorned economist outs another rankings-boosting scheme; some Wikipedia citations to retracted papers linger for years; glyphosate safety papers face more scrutiny
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