Retractions carry a heavy meaning in research. They often point to flawed data, ethical breaches or serious publishing ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Retractions are a sign that science is working as it should. But ...

India’s rise in global research rankings is now shadowed by a sharp spike in paper retractions. With six Indian universities ...

Every day, thousands of scientific papers are published worldwide, written by dedicated researchers eager to advance knowledge. But a shocking number are not credible — more than half, by many ...

Retractions — when an academic journal withdraws an already published study — are a big deal for researchers. Such withdrawals correct the record and remove faulty information from circulation, and ...

In sharp contrast to previous studies suggesting that errors account for the majority of retracted scientific papers, a new analysis—the most comprehensive of its kind—has found that misconduct is ...

A study by scholars quantifies the fallout for scientists whose fields suffer high-profile retractions, with a twist: Even valid older research, when cited in a retracted study, loses credibility -- ...

Harvard researchers are far from immune to retractions, according to new data published online last month. In October, Retraction Watch — a blog “tracking retractions as a window into the scientific ...