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Ask Retraction Watch: Is publishing my thesis verbatim self-plagiarism? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
Last week, we launched a new feature, “Ask Retraction Watch.” We invited readers to send in their questions. Here’s one we got right away: I’m a graduate student in geology, and have a question about ...
One more paper down for sex researcher Weijmar Schultz 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
The fifth of six expected retractions for copyright infringement has arrived for a group of sex researchers led by Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, this one in the International Journal of Gynecological Ca...
Are US behavioral science researchers more likely to exaggerate their results? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
When Retraction Watch readers think of problematic psychology research, their minds might naturally turn to Diederik Stapel, who now has 54 retractions under his belt. Dirk Smeesters might also tickle...
When 1 equals 2, the result is a retraction 26 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
A group of psychiatric researchers in Norway has lost their 2013 paper in BMC Research Notes on the effects of antipsychotic medications on the brain after discovering that they’d botched their imagin...
Author with six recent corrections retracts JBC paper questioned on PubPeer 26 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
Rakesh Kumar, a professor at the George Washington University, has retracted a paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) that was recently questioned on PubPeer. Here are Peer1′s comments fro...
A new plagiarism euphemism: “language from already published sources without using proper citation methods” 23 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
A recent issue of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) adds a new euphemism for plagiarism to our rapidly growing list. There are two retractions in the issue of the Taylor...
Retraction appears for Harvard scientist who had two mega-corrections last year 23 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Sam Lee, a Harvard biologist who had two mega-corrections published last year, has retracted a paper in Molecular Cell because some of the figures were “inappropriately assembled.” Here’s the notice f...
Journal to feature special issue on scientific misconduct, seeks submissions 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
It would be difficult to read the recent scientific literature on retractions and miss Grant Steen’s contributions. Retraction Watch readers are no doubt familiar with his work by this point, and if t...
Dental journal gives plenty to chew on in retraction of resin paper 22 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm
The Journal of Prosthodontics has retracted a 2006 paper by a pair of Saudi researchers and given them a pass because of an alleged lack of grasp of English — and, we’d add, publishing ethics. The art...
Ask Retraction Watch: Is this plagiarism? 21 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
With this post, we’re going to try a new feature: Ask Retraction Watch. What we really mean by that is ask Retraction Watch’s readers, who time and time again have shared their expertise and made us s...
