Retraction Watch

Medscape News has partnered with Retraction Watch to provide news about scientific fraud and integrity. Retraction Watch is a project of the nonprofit Center For Scientific Integrity dedicated to exploring retractions as a window into the scientific process. The Center also created the Retraction Watch Database, the most comprehensive database of retractions available.

• Paper Linking Nonionizing Radiation to ADHD Retracted, Replaced A JAMA journal is retracting and replacing a 2020 paper which linked exposure to nonionizing radiation — think cellphones, Bluetooth devices and microwave ovens — during pregnancy to the risk for ADHD.
  Retraction Watch, February 2021
• Neuroscience Letters Is the Third Journal Scammed by Rogue Editors Burned by the offer of a special issue, Neuroscience Letters retracted four papers after determining that the guest editors of the supplement were not legit.
  Retraction Watch, February 2021
• Cochrane Group Took 9 Months to Pull a Flawed Cancer Review In those 270 days, the paper, reporting findings that were literally directionally incorrect, was freely available for download for all those with access to the Cochrane Library.
  Retraction Watch, February 2021
• Journal Retracts Study on Mental Health Effects of Negative News In March 2020, an article in The Conversation used the study's findings to argue that kids should reduce their television intake during the coronavirus pandemic to ward off anxiety.
  Retraction Watch, January 2021
• Journal Expresses Concern Over Study of Potential Tx for Autism The article purported to show that the drug ubiquinol could improve the ability of children with autism to communicate with their parents, communicate verbally, play games, and help other behaviors.
  Retraction Watch, January 2021
• When Years of Published Work Are Built on an Error If she came clean, she knew that at least one of the articles would most likely be retracted and she'd have to live with a lasting mark on her and her team's record.
  Retraction Watch, January 2021
• JAMA Network Open Retracts Its First Paper, on Heart Disease The retraction is the first for the journal, which had published some 2800 articles before having to pull one, Frederick P. Rivara, the editor-in-chief, told Retraction Watch.
  Retraction Watch, January 2021
• Nature Comm. Retracts Much-Criticized Paper on Mentorship "While current diversity policies encourage same-gender mentorships, our findings raise the possibility that opposite-gender mentorship may actually increase the impact of women who pursue a scientific career."
  Retraction Watch, December 2020
• Public Health Journal Seeking Advice on COVID PCR Testing Paper After a petition from people in Europe, the US and Asia, a public health journal says it is investigating an article it published last January about a way to detect the virus that causes COVID-19.
  Retraction Watch, December 2020
• COVID-19 Pneumonia Paper Earns Expression of Concern Researchers have received an expression of concern for a recent paper on COVID-19 pneumonia after editors were alerted to suspicious similarities between the tables in the article and those in a 2018 study.
  Retraction Watch, December 2020

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