Medical journal publishes a letter on AI with a fake reference to itself https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/28/medical-journal-publishes-a-paper-on-ai-with-a-fake-reference-to-itself/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Journal retracts nearly 150 articles for compromised peer review    https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/29/journal-testing-evaluation-astm-batch-retracted-articles-compromised-peer-review/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Engineering journal plucks poultry paper for plagiarism https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/27/engineering-journal-plucks-poultry-paper-for-plagiarism/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Study is stolen, sold, published. Now the victim is accused of plagiarism https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/26/study-is-stolen-sold-published-now-the-victim-is-accused-of-plagiarism/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: Why 500 retractions per month matter; another EOC for former Stanford president; and an argument for ‘slow science’ https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/24/weekend-reads-why-500-retractions-per-month-matter-another-eoc-for-former-stanford-president-and-an-argument-for-slow-science/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

‘Kicking the can down the road’: Science flags insect meta-analysis based on allegedly buggy database https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/22/kicking-the-can-down-the-road-science-flags-insect-meta-analysis-based-on-allegedly-buggy-database/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Fabricated allegations of image manipulation baffle expert https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/23/fabricated-allegations-of-image-manipulation-baffle-expert/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Lawsuit fails to block retraction of paper claiming to link heart-related deaths to COVID-19 vaccines https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/21/lawsuit-fails-to-block-retraction-of-paper-claiming-to-link-heart-related-deaths-to-covid-19-vaccines/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Fed up, author issues her own retraction after journal ghosts her https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/21/fed-up-author-issues-her-own-retraction-after-journal-ghosts-her/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Corrections, biases, and humility in science: Q&A with Tuan V. Nguyen https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/19/corrections-biases-and-humility-in-science-qa-with-tuan-v-nguyen/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Up in smoke: Publisher pulls vaping paper nearly two years after complaint https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/20/up-in-smoke-publisher-pulls-vaping-paper-nearly-two-years-after-complaint/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: A retraction in Nature; penalties for ‘retraction hotspot’ universities?; an analysis of PISS journals https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/17/weekend-reads-nature-retraction-penalties-retraction-hotspot-universities-analysis-of-piss-journals/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Sage journal retracts more than 40 papers over concerns with peer review, author contributions https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/13/sage-journal-retracts-more-than-40-papers-peer-review-authorship-concerns/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Business management journal holds researcher’s paper hostage  https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/16/business-management-journal-holds-researchers-paper-hostage/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Technobabble papers by professor and editor under scrutiny https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/15/technobabble-papers-by-professor-and-editor-under-scrutiny/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Northwestern to pay $2.3 million for falsified research in NIH grants https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/14/northwestern-to-pay-2-3-million-for-falsified-research-in-nih-grants/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Nature retracts paper for data manipulation by Ph.D. student https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/14/nature-retraction-francis-crick-institute-data-manipulation-phd-student/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Professor suspended after Japanese university finds fishy results in sushi paper https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/12/professor-suspended-after-japanese-university-finds-fishy-results-in-sushi-paper/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: Stages of academic ‘enshittification’; Alzheimer’s trial sites faking data, say drug developers; Bill Ackman says he funded Gino defense https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/10/weekend-reads-academic-enshittification-alzheimers-trial-sites-faking-data-drug-developers-bill-ackman-fund-gino-defense/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Finance professor in Ireland loses 12 papers in journals he edited https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/08/finance-professor-brian-lucey-ireland-elsevier-journals-retractions/ #Science #ScienceCommunications