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Archives: Retraction

What To Do Once the Paper is Retracted: NISO Issues Recommended Practice on the Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern

New NISO guidance on clear consistent display of retraction information will reduce inadvertent reuse of erroneous research.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jul 16, 2024
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post — Can Inadequate Corrections Turn Misinformation into Disinformation?

Could the failure of a journal to visibly correct known errors in a publication, thereby propagating false information, be considered disinformation?

  • By Mark Bolland, Alison Avenell, Andrew Grey
  • Aug 31, 2023
  • 0 Comments

Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Talking Publication Ethics

A conversation with COPE’s Charlotte Haug.

  • By Stewart Wills
  • Jul 15, 2015
  • 9 Comments

Virtual Reality Research — Some Early Problems with Data Reanalysis and Risks of Open Data

The idea of “reanalysis” needs to be rethought, if recent examples are any indication of what this trend could do to science.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Oct 16, 2014
  • 8 Comments

Retractions Retraction — Did We "Overinterpret" or Did PLoS Editors "Overwrite"?

A flash mob of concern causes PLoS to reconsider a new policy on retractions.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 27, 2012
  • 16 Comments

Can Article Retractions Correct the Scientific Record?

A new study of article retractions concludes that the system is fast, democratic and significantly depresses future citations. Shouldn’t we demand more?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Feb 29, 2012
  • 15 Comments

Mountains Out of Molehills, and the Search for a Retraction Index

A retraction study hits some familiar conceptual problems, and a proposed retraction index runs into a deeper issue.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 1, 2011
  • 2 Comments

Medical Writer Caught Plagiarising — and Other Man Bites Dog Stories

Humor about scientific misconduct may reflect a deeper, more serious side of academic culture gone wrong.

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 16, 2011
  • 4 Comments

Retract This Paper! Trends in Retractions Don't Reveal Clear Causes for Retractions

Does an increase in article retractions signal a corrupt publishing system or just better policing?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Apr 19, 2011
  • 13 Comments

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