Retractions correct the scientific record, but they have stigma attached to them. Some in the research community want that to change.

Scientific knowledge builds and expands on previous scientific results. Publication of peer-reviewed scientific articles is the process by which results are shared with the scientific community and ...

A sweeping new study from Northwestern University reveals that scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few rogue researchers—it has evolved into a global, organized enterprise. By analyzing ...

Retractions in rheumatology literature have increased “substantially” over the past 35 years, largely due to misconduct, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research. “Although still ...

“In December, nearly every member of the editorial board of the pre-eminent Journal of Human Evolution walked out on Elsevier, the largest publisher of scientific papers, because of changes the staff ...

Nham Tran has received funding from Australian Research Council. German anaesthesiologist Joachim Boldt has an unfortunate claim to fame. According to Retraction Watch, a public database of research ...

The data was compiled for The Wall Street Journal by Thomson Reuters showed although there were 22 retractions in 2001, that number jumped to 139 in 2006 and again to 339 last year, according to the ...

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Researchers at Peking University have documented a striking disconnect between journal policies on artificial intelligence and what scientists actually disclose in their papers. Their analysis of more ...

Signs of trouble are turning up at the biggest scientific journals and the publishers that host them. In December, nearly every member of the editorial board of the pre-eminent Journal of Human ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. Scientific knowledge builds and expands on previous scientific ...