Retraction Watch

Why do nearly 45,000 scholarly papers cite themselves? Dalmeet Singh Chawla finds out

“The fact that publishers are now trumpeting the fact that they both are and need to be—according to them—using AI to fight paper mills and other bad actors is a bit of an admission they hadn’t been willing to make until recently: Their systems are not actually equipped to ensure quality.” Our Ivan Oransky speaks with Kathryn Palmer of Inside Higher Ed.

Weekend reads: Frustration over unpaid peer review; NIH axes research grants; publishers sue Meta Featuring Avery Orrall Kate Travis Ellie Kincaid Jonathan Wosen, PhD Nidhi Subbaraman Dalmeet Singh Chawla Ivan Oransky Adrian Barnett and more

The?journal retracted the paper?last month, noting the ethics approval the authors received “did not include newborn snakes or the use of the ‘soft stepping’ method.”

Weekend reads: Former NIH director suddenly retires; more on patent mills; journal editors talk damage control featuring Avery Orrall Ellie Kincaid Lori Youmshajekian Frederik Cundin Joelving Reese Richardson Ivan Oransky Frédérique Bordignon and more

“I was shocked and deeply concerned,” Kashif told Retraction Watch. “My unpublished work was replicated without attribution, undermining months of effort.”?

I really enjoyed this conversation with John Tomasi of Heterodox Academy. In particular, I appreciated the chance to explore how censorship happens across the political spectrum.

Five studies from “Bust Size and Hitchhiking” author retracted

Weekend reads:?Same data, opposite conclusions; ‘Death by ax’; ‘plastics in your brain’ featuring Kate Travis Avery Orrall Calli McMurray Claudia Lopez Lloreda Solal Pirelli The Transmitter Ivan Oransky and more

Amid efforts by the Trump administration to “put an end to fraudulent and wasteful spending” and “enhance” accountability, two key offices charged with investigating fraud and holding scientists and institutions accountable for federal spending have seen top leadership depart. Retraction Watch has learned that most — if not all — research investigators at the National Science Foundation’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will be leaving their jobs.??