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Weekend reads: Why 500 retractions per month matter; another EOC for former Stanford president; and an argument for ‘slow science’
Weekend reads: Why 500 retractions per month matter; another EOC for former Stanford president; and an argument for ‘slow science’
If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Corrections, biases, and humility in science: Q&A with Tuan V. Ng…
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January 24, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Weekend reads: Why 500 retractions per month matter; another EOC for former Stanford president; and an argument for ‘slow science’
“I have looked at thousands of @pubpeer.com allegations, and this is the first time I have come across what appear to be fabricated allegations."
Fabricated allegations of image manipulation baffle expert
The fabricated claim about image manipulation raises a question: Why bother? Mike Rossner had never seen anything like it. At first, the anonymous comment on PubPeer, which claimed a lane of a west…
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January 23, 2026 at 8:59 PM
“I have looked at thousands of @pubpeer.com allegations, and this is the first time I have come across what appear to be fabricated allegations."
The notice, published today, applies to a 2020 meta-analysis measuring population patterns of freshwater and terrestrial insects and predicting what might drive changes in population numbers.
‘Kicking the can down the road’: Science flags insect meta-analysis based on allegedly buggy database
An insect meta-analysis published in Science in 2020 has been hit with an EOC. (Photo credit: Aron Sousa) Science has issued a permanent expression of concern for a paper reporting a meta-analysis …
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January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
The notice, published today, applies to a 2020 meta-analysis measuring population patterns of freshwater and terrestrial insects and predicting what might drive changes in population numbers.
A Taylor & Francis journal has retracted a widely-read paper linking cardiac-related mortality to COVID-19 vaccines after an unsuccessful legal attempt by the lead author to block the withdrawal. That author says he is considering further legal action against the publisher.
Lawsuit fails to block retraction of paper claiming to link heart-related deaths to COVID-19 vaccines
Greg J. Marchand in a photo from his research institute’s website. A Taylor & Francis journal has retracted a widely-read paper linking cardiac-related mortality to COVID-19 vaccines afte…
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January 21, 2026 at 7:05 PM
A Taylor & Francis journal has retracted a widely-read paper linking cardiac-related mortality to COVID-19 vaccines after an unsuccessful legal attempt by the lead author to block the withdrawal. That author says he is considering further legal action against the publisher.
At wit’s end after a publisher ignored her repeated requests for a correction, Ursula Bellut-Staeck took the extreme step of issuing her own retraction. But is that even a thing?
Fed up, author issues her own retraction after journal ghosts her
At wit’s end after a publisher ignored her repeated requests for a correction, Ursula Bellut-Staeck took the extreme step of issuing her own retraction. But is that even a thing? Bellut…
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January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
At wit’s end after a publisher ignored her repeated requests for a correction, Ursula Bellut-Staeck took the extreme step of issuing her own retraction. But is that even a thing?
Another expression of concern for former Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne. Four of his papers have been retracted.
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Editorial Expression of Concern: En passant neurotrophic action of an intermediate axonal target in the developing mammalian CNS - Nature
Nature - Editorial Expression of Concern: En passant neurotrophic action of an intermediate axonal target in the developing mammalian CNS
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January 20, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Another expression of concern for former Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne. Four of his papers have been retracted.
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MDPI has retracted a study about vaping that one expert said seemed “like a joke” almost two years after the publisher received a complaint about the flawed work.
Up in smoke: Publisher pulls vaping paper nearly two years after complaint
MDPI has retracted a study about vaping that one expert said seemed “like a joke” almost two years after the publisher received a complaint about the flawed work. The paper, published in Neurology …
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January 20, 2026 at 12:08 PM
MDPI has retracted a study about vaping that one expert said seemed “like a joke” almost two years after the publisher received a complaint about the flawed work.
Corrections, biases, and humility in science: Tuan V. Nguyen escaped Vietnam in 1981 as part of the mass “boat people” exodus of refugees, taking to dangerous waters just a few months after his older brother tried the same and disappeared. Today, he's a professor and bone researcher in Australia.
Corrections, biases, and humility in science: Q&A with Tuan V. Nguyen
In a new memoir, Kangaroo Dreams, Tuan V. Nguyen, D.Sc., Ph.D., provides a unique perspective on medical research. Nguyen escaped Vietnam in 1981 as part of the mass “boat people” exodus of refugee…
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January 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Corrections, biases, and humility in science: Tuan V. Nguyen escaped Vietnam in 1981 as part of the mass “boat people” exodus of refugees, taking to dangerous waters just a few months after his older brother tried the same and disappeared. Today, he's a professor and bone researcher in Australia.
Science journals retract 500 papers a month. This is why it matters
Science journals retract 500 papers a month. This is why it matters
A small team of volunteers is tracking thousands of falsified studies, including cases of bribery, fraud and plagiarism
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January 18, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Science journals retract 500 papers a month. This is why it matters
Weekend reads: A retraction in Nature; penalties for ‘retraction hotspot’ universities?; an analysis of PISS journals
Weekend reads: A retraction in Nature; penalties for ‘retraction hotspot’ universities?; an analysis of PISS journals
If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Professor suspended after Japanese university finds fishy results in …
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January 17, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Weekend reads: A retraction in Nature; penalties for ‘retraction hotspot’ universities?; an analysis of PISS journals
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A “scholarly business and management publication” is holding a researcher’s paper for ransom, requesting the author pay to withdraw the article.
Business management journal holds researcher’s paper hostage
A “scholarly business and management publication” is holding a researcher’s paper for ransom, requesting the author pay to withdraw the article. The researcher submitted a manuscript in Augus…
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January 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
A “scholarly business and management publication” is holding a researcher’s paper for ransom, requesting the author pay to withdraw the article.
After we reached out to Eren Öğüt, his profiles at Google Scholar, ORCID and Frontiers’ Loop all vanished.
Technobabble papers by professor and editor under scrutiny
After we reached out to Eren Öğüt, his profiles at Google Scholar, ORCID and Frontiers’ Loop all vanished. The reviewer, a neuroscientist in Germany, was confused. The manuscript on her screen, des…
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January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
After we reached out to Eren Öğüt, his profiles at Google Scholar, ORCID and Frontiers’ Loop all vanished.
Nature has retracted a paper after an investigation at a U.K. institution found the first author — then a doctoral student — manipulated data.
Nature retracts paper for data manipulation by Ph.D. student
Nature has retracted a paper after an investigation at a U.K. institution found the first author — then a doctoral student — manipulated data. The paper, which looked at the sensitivity of lu…
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January 14, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Nature has retracted a paper after an investigation at a U.K. institution found the first author — then a doctoral student — manipulated data.
A researcher accused of falsifying research in work funded by the National Institutes of Health has cost Northwestern University $2.3 million.
Northwestern to pay $2.3 million for falsified research in NIH grants
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine A researcher accused of falsifying research in work funded by the National Institutes of Health has cost Northwestern University $2.3 million. …
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January 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
A researcher accused of falsifying research in work funded by the National Institutes of Health has cost Northwestern University $2.3 million.
Sage journal retracts more than 40 papers over concerns with peer review, author contributions
Sage journal retracts more than 40 papers over concerns with peer review, author contributions
Sage has retracted 45 papers from one of its journals for questionable authorship and peer review. The publisher began an investigation into Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation l…
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January 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Sage journal retracts more than 40 papers over concerns with peer review, author contributions
A university in Japan has suspended a fishery science professor for a month after its investigation found fabrication in a retracted paper on fish freezing.
Professor suspended after Japanese university finds fishy results in sushi paper
Iwate University A university in Japan has suspended a fishery science professor for a month after its investigation found fabrication in a retracted paper on fish freezing. According to the …
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January 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
A university in Japan has suspended a fishery science professor for a month after its investigation found fabrication in a retracted paper on fish freezing.
Weekend reads: Stages of academic ‘enshittification’; Alzheimer’s trial sites faking data, say drug developers; Bill Ackman says he funded Gino defense
Weekend reads: Stages of academic ‘enshittification’; Alzheimer’s trial sites faking data, say drug developers; Bill Ackman says he funded Gino defense
If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Court: University disclosure of researcher’s misconduct did not…
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January 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Weekend reads: Stages of academic ‘enshittification’; Alzheimer’s trial sites faking data, say drug developers; Bill Ackman says he funded Gino defense
The Retraction Watch Mass Resignations List now contains 50 entries.
The Retraction Watch Mass Resignations List
via Flickr In 2023 alone, editors of eight journals on topics ranging from mathematics to biogeography all quit at once because of disputes with their publishing companies. Mass resignations …
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January 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The Retraction Watch Mass Resignations List now contains 50 entries.
Elsevier has pulled a dozen papers by a finance professor in Ireland who oversaw the review of the articles and made “the final decision” to publish them in three journals he edited, according to the retraction notices.
Finance professor in Ireland loses 12 papers in journals he edited
Brian Lucey Elsevier has pulled a dozen papers by a finance professor in Ireland who oversaw the review of the articles and made “the final decision” to publish them in three journals he edited, ac…
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January 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Elsevier has pulled a dozen papers by a finance professor in Ireland who oversaw the review of the articles and made “the final decision” to publish them in three journals he edited, according to the retraction notices.
The flagship journal of the Royal Historical Society has retracted a paper positing that British and Canadian soldiers committed “scores” of prisoner executions against German forces during World War I. The move followed an investigation for plagiarism.
History journal retracts paper about killing of German WWI POWs
The flagship journal of the Royal Historical Society has retracted a paper positing that British and Canadian soldiers committed “scores” of prisoner executions against German forces during World W…
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January 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM
The flagship journal of the Royal Historical Society has retracted a paper positing that British and Canadian soldiers committed “scores” of prisoner executions against German forces during World War I. The move followed an investigation for plagiarism.
Editors of a materials journal have resigned six years after the title was purchased by a publisher based in Canada, claiming the company “multiplied the number of publications while increasing prices at the expense of quality.”
‘I have never been asked to review anything’: Editors resign from materials journal
Editors of a materials journal have resigned six years after the title was purchased by a publisher based in Canada, claiming the company “multiplied the number of publications while increasing pri…
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January 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Editors of a materials journal have resigned six years after the title was purchased by a publisher based in Canada, claiming the company “multiplied the number of publications while increasing prices at the expense of quality.”
Khajuria’s academy raises concerns about promises of publication for a price, and Avance Innovation’s signature surgical device, while marketed for humans, has apparently been tested on only six rats and no people in a study that lacks internal consistency.
U.K. surgeon and inventor’s endeavors include unreproducible data and guaranteed publications for a price
Ankur Khajuria offers a “career-changing course” on conducting reviews, which he markets on LinkedIn to medical students and doctors. (source) “Research will help you get ahead,” Britis…
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January 7, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Khajuria’s academy raises concerns about promises of publication for a price, and Avance Innovation’s signature surgical device, while marketed for humans, has apparently been tested on only six rats and no people in a study that lacks internal consistency.
The website of the foundation Jalil founded, which publishes several journals, hosts conferences and offers editorial services, also referred to him as Al-Attabi until recently. But after we contacted him, the name of the foundation’s CEO and owner changed to “Mustafa Tareq Shanshool" on the site.
Dogged by retractions, Iraqi researcher and publisher uses a different name
Abduladheem Turki Jalil Researchers change the name they publish under for many reasons, most of which aren’t fodder for a Retraction Watch story. Trying to skirt a publishing ban is one that is. A…
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January 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
The website of the foundation Jalil founded, which publishes several journals, hosts conferences and offers editorial services, also referred to him as Al-Attabi until recently. But after we contacted him, the name of the foundation’s CEO and owner changed to “Mustafa Tareq Shanshool" on the site.
An appellate court has dismissed a legal challenge by a cancer researcher against her former institution, ruling the university’s misconduct investigation and disclosure process did not violate her right to due process.
Court: University disclosure of researcher’s misconduct did not violate due process
Flavia Pichiorri An appellate court has dismissed a legal challenge by a cancer researcher against her former institution, ruling the university’s misconduct investigation and disclosure process di…
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January 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
An appellate court has dismissed a legal challenge by a cancer researcher against her former institution, ruling the university’s misconduct investigation and disclosure process did not violate her right to due process.