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The continued citation of retracted papers — or 'zombie' publications — pollutes the scientific literature with fatally flawed studies.
Why are we surprised at the increase in the number of retracted research papers ("Fraud in the Scientific Literature," editorial, Oct. 6)?
There has been a 10-fold increase in the number of retracted papers since the 1970's, and a number of these are due to fraud or suspected fraud.
Yes, there has been a 10-fold increase in the microscopic number of retracted papers in 1977 (0.00096%) relative to the similarly microscopic number (0.0096%) in the period from 2007 to May 2012, but it is still a microscopic number.
A University of Texas (UT) immunologist has admitted to federal officials that he falsified research results for at least 5 years, leaving a trail of retracted papers and disgruntled collaborators.
The number of retracted scientific articles has been increasing.
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Our findings suggest that attention is a key predictor of retraction – retracted articles arise most frequently among highly-cited articles.
Foxconn has a history of retracting its hiring announcements.
He soon apologized for his remark but stopped short of retracting it.
He wonders whether there is a means of retracting from the record.
But the magazine, while acknowledging possible errors in the article, stopped short of retracting it.
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