Retractions — when an academic journal withdraws an already published study — are a big deal for researchers. Such withdrawals correct the record and remove faulty information from circulation, and ...

Many universities and research institutions around the world prize high productivity. They encourage researchers to publish more articles and accrue more citations; higher counts can signal that an ...

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 ...

Retraction is not effective in reducing online attention to problematic research papers, according to a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study doesn’t support ...

Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are the gold standard of medical research as random assignment approach helps eliminate bias and yields the most reliable evidence on whether a treatment truly ...

Most researchers whose papers are retracted owing to an honest mistake find the ordeal stressful, according to a survey of almost 100 authors 1. The survey focused on retractions that had occurred ...

Several high-profile papers on COVID-19 research have come under fire from people in the scientific community in recent weeks. Two articles addressing the safety of certain drugs when taken by ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Misconduct has contributed largely to a rising trend of ...

While the rate of retractions has been rising in recent years, it may not mean more scientists are fudging the data. Some experts believe text comparison tools and other means for catching plagiarism ...

J ournal retractions are a necessary part of the scientific process. They allow the scientific community both to correct honest mistakes and to deal with misconduct and even fraud. But in recent years ...

As the movie “Oppenheimer” has shown to millions, scientists disagree, have fragile egos, experience office politics and have problems in their personal lives. And they do something else that all ...