Safeguarding scientific image quality and integrity: what more can be done?
Explore how publishers, institutions, and researchers are improving the quality of scientific images.
Retractions and corrections are falling under the radar: should open repositories step up?
Open access repositories are underreporting corrections and retractions. Discover how they can step up to pave the way for effective archiving.
The paper mill problem: are AI tools the answer?
Find out more about a new AI service to detect fake manuscripts.
Why are retraction rates rising?
Biomedical science retractions quadrupled between 2000 and 2020, mostly due to research misconduct: why?
Crossref’s acquisition of the Retraction Watch database: combined forces for research integrity
Find out how this pooling of expertise could make it easier to access detailed information on retractions.
The hunter or the hunted: why do authors publish in predatory journals?
Learn about the driving forces behind authors’ involvement with predatory journals and strategies to address this issue.
Do bad apples in academic publishing really spoil the barrel?
Do we need to worry about the presence of retracted articles in systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines?
How do nonsense papers make their way into reputable journals?
Get up to date with the growing fraudulent impersonation problem hitting journals publishing special issues.
Detectives are on the hunt for fake research papers: Nature analysis investigates the paper mill problem
Nature analyses the ongoing battle publishers are facing against paper mills and what editors are doing to identify these fake articles.
A bot is monitoring new publications for retracted article citations
The automated tool, scite Reference Check, is helping to address a longstanding issue in scientific publishing.
Research integrity in the COVID-19 era: insights from Retraction Watch co-founder Ivan Oransky
Read Ivan Oransky’s take on the retraction landscape and his perspectives on how to tackle research integrity issues in the future.
Meeting report: summary of session 3 of the 8th EMWA Symposium
Missed the meeting? Read our report on the symposium entitled “Research integrity & the medical communicator: what we do when no one is watching.”
Meeting report: summary of session 2 of the 8th EMWA Symposium
Missed the meeting? Read our report on the symposium entitled “Research integrity & the medical communicator: what we do when no one is watching.”
Insights from the new Retraction Watch database
An analysis by Science Magazine of Retraction Watch’s new database challenges a number of common perceptions surrounding retractions and reveals some important key themes.
Inconsistency in retraction notices across bibliographic platforms
A recent study highlights the difficulty in identifying retracted articles in online databases.