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  1. SNT Gatchaman
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    The Stanford Daily: Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, will retract at least three papers

    Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign effective August 31 according to communications released by the University Wednesday morning....
    Thread by: SNT Gatchaman, Jul 19, 2023, 14 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  2. Woolie
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    When is lack of scientific integrity a reason for retracting a paper? A case study.(2020) Fiedorowicz et al. (about homeopathy for CFS)

    When is lack of scientific integrity a reason for retracting a paper? A case study. Abstract: Objective: The present and past editors of this...
    Thread by: Woolie, Mar 3, 2021, 28 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  3. Samuel
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    Public The Lancet changes editorial policy after hydroxychloroqiune Covid study retraction, 2020

    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31958-9/fulltext
    Thread by: Samuel, Sep 19, 2020, 7 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  4. Cheshire
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    ‘Disgusting’ study rating attractiveness of women with endometriosis retracted by medical journal (2020)

    Fertility and Sterility took seven years to take down Italian study, which was criticised by doctors for ethical concerns and dubious...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Aug 5, 2020, 9 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  5. Jaybee00
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    Retraction—Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis, 2020, Mehra

    This one’s for the Lancet editorial board: A trolley problem for our times (involving a plate of delicious cookies and a steaming pile of poop)...
    Thread by: Jaybee00, Jun 3, 2020, 13 replies, in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19, not Long Covid)
  6. Sly Saint
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    WHO retracts opioid guidelines after accepting that industry had an influence: Jan 2020

    The World Health Organization has formally retracted its two main guidelines on the use of opioids for pain control, after its own review lent...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jan 12, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  7. Patient4Life
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    Nobel Prize Winner Frances Arnold Retracts Paper, Here Is The Reaction By Bruce Y. Lee - Forbes (Jan 5, 2020)

    Nobel Prize Winner Frances Arnold Retracts Paper, Here Is The Reaction By Bruce Y. Lee - Forbes (Jan 5, 2020) "After publication of the Report...
    Thread by: Patient4Life, Jan 6, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  8. Sly Saint
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    The limitations of retraction notices and the heroic acts of authors who correct the scholarly record: Vuong - Dec 2019

    The limitations of retraction notices and the heroic acts of authors who correct the scholarly record: An analysis of retractions of papers...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jan 4, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  9. Sly Saint
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    Statnews - BMJ should retract flawed research paper on chronic fatigue syndrome -STAT - David Tuller Dec 2019

    Few journals have been more admirable than the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) and some of its sister publications under the BMJ brand...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Dec 13, 2019, 38 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  10. ladycatlover
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    ‘We badly need to change processes’: How ‘slow, opaque and inconsistent’ journals’ responses to misconduct can be, Nov 2019, Retraction Watch

    ‘We badly need to change processes’: How ‘slow, opaque and inconsistent’ journals’ responses to misconduct can be. Two researchers from Japan —...
    Thread by: ladycatlover, Nov 29, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  11. Cheshire
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    Retraction of recent large trial on CBT for schizophrenia (2019)

    [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA] Link to the retracted study.
    Thread by: Cheshire, May 23, 2019, 6 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  12. Londinium
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    PLOS ONE pulls highly cited mindfulness paper over undeclared ties, other concerns

    https://retractionwatch.com/2019/04/17/plos-one-pulls-highly-cited-mindfulness-paper-over-undeclared-ties-other-concerns/ PLoS ONE has retracted...
    Thread by: Londinium, Apr 17, 2019, 16 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  13. Andy
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    Trial By Error: Professor Sharpe’s Retraction Requests

    After this month’s release of the Health Research Authority’s PACE analysis, Professor Michael Sharpe sent e-mails to at least two US publications...
    Thread by: Andy, Feb 18, 2019, 119 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  14. MSEsperanza
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    Spanish elites rally in support of data manipulation (Jan 2019) by Leonid Schneider, For Better Science

    'Spanish elites rally in support of data manipulation' (Jan 2019) by Leonid Schneider, For Better Science A horrible, horrible conspiracy befell...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Jan 31, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  15. Andy
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    “We regret our delay:” PLOS ONE retracts two papers [for image problems]

    PLOS ONE has retracted two papers for image problems, which we’ve learned were brought to the journal’s attention more than four years ago. The...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 16, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  16. Clara
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    Professors crowdsourcing scrutiny of research papers and retractions on Twitter.

    Ideas for PACE... An article about a retracted research paper in nutrition science and an interesting bit about a professor of epidemiology at...
    Thread by: Clara, Sep 22, 2018, 6 replies, in forum: General Advocacy Discussions
  17. Melanie
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    Errors Trigger Retraction Of Study On Mediterranean Diet's Heart Benefits - NPR

    Errors Trigger Retraction Of The Study On Mediterranean Diet's Heart Benefits But the New England Journal of Medicine retracted the paper...
    Thread by: Melanie, Jun 14, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  18. Woolie
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    HPV study gets retracted, no outright fraud or major error

    Thought this was an interesting example of a situation where papers can be retracted, even when there's no major error or hint of fraud. A paper...
    Thread by: Woolie, May 12, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  19. Andy
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    Lancet Infectious Diseases: Editorial, "A proper place for retraction", 2017, mentions PACE in passing

    My bolding. The Committee on Publication Ethics (of which The Lancet Infectious Diseases is a member) states that the purpose of retraction is to...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 29, 2018, 55 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  20. Cheshire
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    Swedish Central Ethics Review Board finds Macchiarini guilty of misconduct, requests retraction of 6

    The Expert Group on Scientific Misconduct has on request from the Karolinska Institut (KI) delivered a Statement in a case where Paolo Macchiarini...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Oct 30, 2017, 23 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
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