Retraction Watch

“One of the important things that happened in the Pruitt case was that the scientific community actually came together to do the hard work of figuring out what happened and also ensuring as little collateral damage happened as possible.” Our Ivan Oransky speaks with Sarah Treleaven of The Walrus

Weekend reads: Puberty blockers paper remains ‘unpublished because of politics;’ ‘What Drugmakers Did Not Tell Volunteers in Alzheimer’s Trials;’ ‘Ginger Rogers science’ Featuring Azeen Ghorayshi James Heathers, PhD Alison McCook MDPI Frederik Cundin Joelving Ellie Kincaid Daryl Chubin and more.

📢 Webinar Alert *Crossref and CREC: How publishers can meet the CREC recommendations using open infrastructure* 📅 Wednesday, 30 October When a research work undergoes changes after publication (e.g. retraction, correction, withdrawal), it is imperative that changes are reflected accurately in the scholarly record, so that readers can find and cite the most up-to-date work. Earlier this year, NISO’s Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC) working group published a Recommended Practice to share best practices for the creation, transfer, and display of metadata related to retractions, removals, or expressions of concern. Crossref encourages its members to record updates in their metadata and can help them implement the CREC recommendations. This session will be suitable for publishers, and others who would like to meet key aspects of the recommendations and use Crossref infrastructure to demonstrate their commitment to upholding the integrity of the scholarly record. Do register here to join 👉 https://bit.ly/3Y9OC9f

Young employee’s death puts workplace culture in spotlight at publisher MDPI Frederik Cundin Joelving reports

Reflecting on research misconduct: What’s next for the watcher community? A guest post by Daryl Chubin

Weekend reads: Retractions at Columbia; retractions for a rector; the early days of peer review featuring The New York Times Manuel Ansede Vázquez Nature Magazine Dorothy Bishop Stefan Gaillard Ivan Oransky Dawn Attride Dalmeet Singh Chawla Ellie Kincaid and more

See our Ivan Oransky on a panel with Brian Nosek, Colby Vorland, and Lynn Kamen at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) | @aapscomms 2024 meeting. "AAPS PharmSci 360 Opening Session Shines Light on Research Integrity"

“Columbia, like every institution, probably should take a hard look at what’s going on and see whether there’s something about the way they are supervising their leading researchers or creating an environment where people feel some pressure or something like that, because it’s not the first time,” said Dr. Ivan Oransky, the editor in chief of The Transmitter and a founder of Retraction Watch, which keeps a database of over 50,000 retracted papers. Our co-founder speaks with The New York Times.

Springer Nature journal has retracted over 200 papers since September Dalmeet Singh Chawla reports