Retraction Watch

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How did science get things so wrong?

The headlines read as follows: “Engineering publisher pulled 57 papers in a day for peer review ‘irregularities.’”¹ Or: “Another Springer Nature journal has retracted over 300 papers since July.”² (The article appeared that November, which means an average of 50 papers a month retracted.) And this: “Wiley shuts 19 scholarly journals amid AI paper mill problems: Fake science challenges academic publishing.”³ And this: “Faked results lead to retraction of high-profile cancer neuroscience study.”⁴ (At that point, they found only “113 instances of fabrication in the study”—a cancer study, mind you—”as well as issues with several of its images.”) Or “Wiley journal retracts two papers it said were fine following criticism years ago.”⁵ And this: “Nature retracts highly cited 2002 paper that claimed adult stem cells could become any type of cell.”⁶ (This paper, before retraction, had been cited 4,500 times.)

https://adventistreview.org/perspectives/columnists/retraction-watch-2/