How some journals and universities react when the need arises to set the record straight.
Tag: Retracted
107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud
Enlarge / Pictured: Probably an editor who peer-reviewed stuff for Tumor Biology. (credit: flickr user: 派脆客 Lee) The journal Tumor Biology is retracting 107 research papers after discovering that the authors faked the peer review process. This isn’t the journal’s first rodeo. Late last year, 58 papers were retracted from seven different journals— 25 came from Tumor Biology for […]
Study Linking Violent Video Games To Real-Life Marksmanship Retracted
A 2012 academic study from Ohio State University which linked violent video games to improved marksmanship in real life has been retracted due to “irregularities” in the data it used, according to a report from Motherboard. The study, published in the journal Communications Research, was primarily the work of OSU professor of communication and psychology […]
