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Former Crick Ph.D. student loses COVID vaccine paper for fabrication. retractionwatch.com/2026/10/…

Former Crick Ph.D. student loses COVID vaccine paper for fabrication

Science Translational Medicine has retracted a paper on COVID-19 vaccines after an institutional investigation revealed a former Ph.D. student fabricated data and falsified images in the article. T…

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"Anticipating the unpredictable: A qualitative study on ethics experts’ perspectives on review challenges related to AI." tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Anticipating the unpredictable: A qualitative study on ethics experts’ perspectives on review...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into research across disciplines, raising various ethical concerns related to bias, privacy, transparency, and accountability. However, less ...

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"Scientists say authors of a controversial government climate report made basic error," relied on "flawed analysis." agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.… thebulletin.org/2026/10/scie…

Misrepresentation of Human Climate Fingerprint in DOE Report

A July 2025 DOE report claimed that there is no human fingerprint on the vertical structure of atmospheric temperature change This claim was based on a comparison of modeled and observed temperat...

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"Science-wide mapping of institutions based on affiliated authors' impact and research integrity proxies." royalsocietypublishing.org/r…

Science-wide mapping of institutions based on affiliated authors' impact and research integrity...

Abstract. We aimed to generate institution-level data of indicators that may reflect, as proxies, the impact and the research integrity of the authors affi

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Japanese institute finds materials researcher with 41 retractions guilty of ‘extensive’ manipulation. retractionwatch.com/2026/10/…

Japanese institute finds materials researcher with 41 retractions guilty of ‘extensive’ manipulation

An investigation by a national research institute in Japan has concluded one of its former researchers fabricated and falsified figures in seven papers. Two publishers confirmed they are investigat…

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"Who is to blame for a journal’s recent glut of retractions?" timeshighereducation.com/dep… We covered the mass retraction last month. retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Who is to blame for a journal’s recent glut of retractions?

The Elsevier journal Stoten has recently retracted 161 papers, many of them over concerns about conflicts of interest and the addition of authors late in the review stage. But can editors who are...

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Cell Press investigating editor-in-chief accused of soliciting bribes from authors. scmp.com/news/china/science/…

Cell publisher investigates editor accused of soliciting bribes from China

Probe triggered by social media post in which prominent biologist singled out Chinese-born editor-in-chief of medical journal Cancer Cell.

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Leading journals in probability are temporarily shutting doors to new submissions "to cope with the Mathpocalypse / Slopwave." edpsciences.org/en/news-high… linkedin.com/posts/oliver-jo…
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‘Springer’ agency website offering authorship for sale goes down following Retraction Watch story. retractionwatch.com/2026/10/…

‘Springer’ agency website offering authorship for sale goes down following Retraction Watch story

A screenshot from the “Springer Journals Online” website before it went down on Friday. The website for Springer Journals Online, an agency offering authorship slots in articles in exch…

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For retraction notices in Latin American journals, "notice availability and article identification alone do not ensure complete reporting of the circumstances surrounding a retraction." mdpi.com/2304-6775/14/4/68

Retraction Notices in Latin American Journals Included in the SCImago Journal & Country Rank:...

Retractions are an essential mechanism for correcting the scientific record, yet retraction notices do not always fully explain the circumstances behind the decision. This study assessed the quality...

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Six in 10 cases exceed Korea's "Six-Month Rule" for research misconduct investigations. asiae.co.kr/en/article/20261…

Six-Month Rule for Research Misconduct Investigations in Name Only... 6 in 10 Cases Miss Deadline...

The time taken to investigate allegations of research misconduct has far exceeded the government’s guidelines. Six out of every 10 research misconduct

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"Reproducibility in biomedical research." nature.com/articles/s41591-0…

Reproducibility in biomedical research

Nature Medicine - Reproducibility is a foundational principle of trustworthy science, but reproducible research practices are not consistently implemented. This Review summarizes the current...

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"Highly cited autism paper earns expression of concern over data duplications." thetransmitter.org/spectrum/…

Highly cited autism paper earns expression of concern

The notice, published in Nature last week, also addressed an image duplication identified by a prominent research-integrity sleuth.

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Japanese institute finds materials researcher with 41 retractions guilty of ‘extensive’ manipulation. retractionwatch.com/2026/10/…

Japanese institute finds materials researcher with 41 retractions guilty of ‘extensive’ manipulation

An investigation by a national research institute in Japan has concluded one of its former researchers fabricated and falsified figures in seven papers. Two publishers confirmed they are investigat…

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"Some Australian research funding is now a lottery. And that’s actually good news." theconversation.com/some-aus…

Some Australian research funding is now a lottery. And that’s actually good news

Leaving some funding decisions up to luck can save everybody time and effort – and help understand what the funding actually does.

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"Google DeepMind AI crystallography database includes near duplicate structures and unrealistic compounds." cen.acs.org/research-integri…

Google DeepMind AI crystallography database includes near duplicate structures and unrealistic...

After hyping previous claims, tech giant doesn’t comment on inquiries about lack of novelty in database of AI-generated crystals

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"M.I.T. Scientist Wins $6 Million in Sexual Harassment Defamation Suit." nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/mi…

David Sabatini, an M.I.T. Scientist, Wins $6 Million in Sexual Harassment Defamation Suit

David Sabatini, once a prominent scientist at M.I.T., sued a former colleague who accused him of inappropriate behavior. A jury found in his favor.

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"A case of misinformation on academic Bluesky." rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/a-c…
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"University probe leads to retraction of four neural tube studies." thetransmitter.org/academia/…

University probe leads to retraction of four neural tube studies

The University of Maryland conducted an internal investigation that identified image duplications and other data integrity issues in the studies, according to the retraction notices.

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‘Springer’ agency website offering authorship for sale goes down following Retraction Watch story. retractionwatch.com/2026/10/…

‘Springer’ agency website offering authorship for sale goes down following Retraction Watch story

A screenshot from the “Springer Journals Online” website before it went down on Friday. The website for Springer Journals Online, an agency offering authorship slots in articles in exch…

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