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, May 25, 2026
Punishing for retractions in Peru; 'comically bad' datasets; defamation verdict in physics feud; keto diet study retracted
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, May 18, 2026
Which publisher retracts the most; 42-year-old papers retracted; stent paper retracted nine years after being flagged; a top pharmaceutical scientist with a self-citation problem
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, May 11, 2026
A 15-year funding ban; court clears sleuth, awards him legal costs; fabricated references on the rise; historian ordered to repay funding for plagiarizing; science fair project misconduct allegations
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, May 4, 2026
Do retractions and expressions of concern change citation behavior?; a retraction in NEJM; claims of a stolen case report; are AI chatbots infiltrating online survey data?
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, April 27, 2026
Elisabeth Bik's preprint heard around the world; the journal that impersonated Eric Topol; how much a first authorship slot costs; father adds daughter's name to more than 100 preprints sans consent
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