Anatomy of a Retraction
From “analysis and conclusion of our paper remain valid” via drafted correction to “the authors retract this publication”. A guest post by Maarten van Kampen.
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
From “analysis and conclusion of our paper remain valid” via drafted correction to “the authors retract this publication”. A guest post by Maarten van Kampen.
“I just want to cry right now. I cannot fight this corruption by myself. ” – Elisabeth Bik
Papermill Industry enters its Logical Growth Phage. Smut Clyde explains what coordination polymer chemistry has to do with chickenshit.
“No, none of my data is forged.” – Ahmed Esmail Shalan
And now for something completely different.
“Please, can you tell me more about the web page and mechanism behind? Is there any “scheme” of scanning published papers?” asks Professor Vojtech Adam. Yes, it’s Elisabeth Bik.
“There is no reason for an investigation into scientific misconduct and therefore it will not take place.”
What led to retraction of the Sensei RNA paper by Arati Ramesh in Bangalore: the “factually inaccurate, anonymous, and unverified” version, which “quite frankly, can be termed slander”.
And a guest post by “Paul Jones” at the end!
“We will look in each instance thoroughly and take a decisive action in consultation with journals and university in each instance as appropriate”, Sasha Kabanov, winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize 1988
Önder Metin had a rogue PhD student whom he trusted “to ensure their academic growth”. But “mistakes were made by mistake”, conclusions are never affected. Yet those who still complain, will pay dearly.









