Citation issues cost these 20 journals their impact factors this year https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/18/clarivate-impact-factor-suppression-list-2025-self-citation-stacking/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Springer Nature psycholinguistics journal retracts over a dozen articles for authorship, peer review issues https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/17/springer-nature-journal-psycholinguistic-research-retractions-authorship-peer-review-manipulation/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

When PubMed got it right, Elsevier got it wrong, and Retraction Watch helped clear it up https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/16/contraception-implanon-pubmed-elsevier-retraction-watch/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: Journals are MAGA’s ‘latest target’; a psychedelic retraction; professor sues rival over plagiarism accusations https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/14/weekend-reads-journals-maga-latest-target-psychedelic-retraction-professor-sues-rival-over-plagiarism-accusations/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Paper rejected for AI, fake references published elsewhere with hardly anything changed https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/12/paper-rejected-for-ai-fake-references-published-elsewhere-with-hardly-anything-changed/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Journal tells author its retracting three papers for concept that ‘violates’ law of thermodynamics https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/10/physics-of-fluids-aip-publishing-sanal-kumar-journal-retraction-thermodynamics/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Apparent NCI director candidate wants ‘open, respectful’ post-publication peer review while promoting anonymous site that calls sleuths a ‘mob’ https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/10/wafik-el-deiry-nci-director-candidate-science-guardians-twitter-pubpeer-sleuths/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: A university ‘integrity index’; surgeon falsely claims Harvard Ph.D.; more on ‘gold standard science’ executive order https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/07/weekend-reads-a-university-integrity-index-surgeon-falsely-claims-harvard-ph-d-more-on-gold-standard-science-executive-order/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: A university ‘integrity index’; surgeon falsely claims Harvard Ph.D.; more on ‘gold standard science’ executive order https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/07/weekend-reads-a-university-integrity-index-surgeon-falsely-claims-harvard-ph-d-more-on-gold-standard-science-executive-order/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: A university ‘integrity index’; surgeon falsely claims Harvard Ph.D.; more on ‘gold standard science’ executive order https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/07/weekend-reads-a-university-integrity-index-surgeon-falsely-claims-harvard-ph-d-more-on-gold-standard-science-executive-order/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

10 years after the downfall of a same-sex marriage canvassing study, tenure, some better practices — and an engagement https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/06/same-sex-marriage-retraction-political-science-study-lacour-green-broockman-kalla/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Fourth retraction for Italian scientist comes 11 years after sleuths flagged paper https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/05/fourth-retraction-plos-one-italy-gabriella-marfe-11-years-after-sleuths-flagged/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Guest post: NIH-funded replication studies are not the answer to the reproducibility crisis in pre-clinical research https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/03/guest-post-nih-funded-replication-studies-reproducibility-crisis-preclinical-research/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

‘Anyone can do this’: Sleuths publish a toolkit for post-publication review https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/04/cosig-sleuths-publish-toolkit-post-publication-review/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

$900,000 grant to Retraction Watch’s parent organization will fund forensic analysis of articles that affect human health https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/04/medical-evidence-project-grant-open-philanthropy-center-scientific-integrity-human-health/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

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Paper on “wokeness” and mental health retracted for political reasons, authors say https://retractionwatch.com/2025/05/30/paper-on-wokeness-and-mental-health-retracted-for-political-reasons-authors-say/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: MAHA report cites nonexistent studies; RFK Jr. threatens publishing access; can ‘zombie papers’ be killed? https://retractionwatch.com/2025/05/31/weekend-reads-maha-report-cites-nonexistent-studies-rfk-jr-threatens-publishing-access-can-zombie-papers-be-killed/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

IQ study retracted in fallout from decades-old misconduct report https://retractionwatch.com/2025/05/28/iq-study-retracted-duckworth-stephen-breuning-misconduct-report/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Meet the first two Retraction Watch Sleuths in Residence https://retractionwatch.com/2025/05/27/meet-the-first-two-retraction-watch-sleuths-in-residence/ #Science #ScienceCommunications