Asking for a retraction was “an overbearing response, though I agree that the...
Just two months after a PhD student at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia published a paper in August without the knowledge of his co-author, a professor at the university,...
View ArticlePhantom authorship forces retraction of electron paper
Ultramicroscopy has retracted a paper it published earlier this year after the corresponding author admitted to submitting the paper without the consent of his colleagues. The article, “The post-peak...
View ArticleMaterials science paper yanked over data pilfering
Materials Letters has withdrawn an article in press after the editor found out the first author, Yan Li, had taken all the data without permission. According to the notice, the senior author told the...
View Article“Part of a paper that had already appeared”: Materials paper pulled for...
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials has retracted a 2015 paper after it was discovered the authors “have plagiarized part of a paper that had already appeared.” The paper, “Ionic liquid assisted...
View ArticleImages “may not be trustworthy”: Aluminum sheets paper folds into retraction
Following questions “about the integrity of the microscopy images,” Materials Science and Engineering: A has retracted a paper on the properties of sheets of aluminum under strain. The images in...
View ArticleBrandeis investigation finds scientific misconduct in gold nanoparticle paper
A group of authors is retracting a paper from Structure following a Brandeis University investigation that found the first author had fabricated a key result. Former graduate student Kelsey Anthony was...
View Article“Disagreement about the relative contributions” of authors burns capacitor paper
A 2014 paper on a component for thin electric circuits has been retracted from Composites Science and Technology due to a “disagreement” over author contributions, according to the retraction note. The...
View ArticleAuthors retract highly cited Nature quantum dot letter after discovering error
Authors have retracted a highly cited Nature letter that purported to discover a much sought-after, stable light source from quantum dots, after they realized the light was actually coming from another...
View ArticleAuthor’s coordination of peer review flags 13 math papers
Thirteen papers in Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids now have an expression of concern, after it came to light that an author on most of the papers coordinated the peer-review process. David Y. Gao,...
View ArticleAuthor withdraws entire issue after overseeing his own peer review
The editor and author of most of the papers in a special issue of a math journal told us he is withdrawing the entire issue following revelations that he had coordinated the peer-review process. The...
View ArticleDuplication shatters two photonic crystal papers
Two journals published by Elsevier are retracting a pair of material science papers that appear to share figures. The papers — in Materials Letters and Optics Communications — discuss photonic...
View Article3-D printing paper accidentally includes secrets
A paper on 3-D printing has been pulled because it “inadvertently” included some sensitive material. We’re not sure which parts of the paper were the specific problem. But the sensitive material may...
View ArticleJournal repels a paper on a magnetic material after authorship, funding issues
A paper on the properties of a magnetic material is being retracted after including an author without his permission, and omitting a funding source. According to the note, the work was done in Miao...
View ArticleIn more faked peer review news…10 papers pulled by Hindawi
Guess what? We’ve got more cases of fraudulent peer review to report — our second post of the day on the subject, in fact. In the latest news, Hindawi Publishing Corporation has retracted 10 papers for...
View ArticleScience retracting paper by chemists cut off from NSF funding
The National Science Foundation will no longer fund a pair of chemists who “recklessly falsified data,” according to a report from the NSF’s Office of Inspector General, unless they “take specific...
View ArticleMath journal retracts entire issue following peer-review problems
The editor of a special issue of a math journal — and author of many of the papers in it — has officially retracted the entire thing, after promising to withdraw it last year following issues with the...
View ArticleCan a journal retract its plan to retract? Science may
Science is reconsidering its plan to retract a paper about using RNA to make palladium nanoparticles after one of the authors submitted a last-minute correction. Editor in chief Marcia McNutt told us...
View ArticleWound healing paper injured beyond repair
Errors in the interpretation of some of the data — the result of “procedural flaws” — are to blame for the retraction of a paper on a way to help skin grow back after injury. The paper explores a...
View ArticlePaper on the adhesiveness of a material doesn’t stick
Applied Surface Science has retracted an article that looks at the structure of thin tungsten-titanium coating, because it was submitted without all of the co-authors’ consent. According to the...
View ArticleYou’ve been dupe’d: Data so nice, you see them twice
Last Friday we resurrected a previous feature of Retraction Watch, compiling five retractions that appeared to be simple acts of duplication. This week, we spotlight another five unrelated retractions...
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