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Summer picks: why are so many science papers being retracted?

Summer picks: why are so many science papers being retracted?

Science Weekly vor 2 Jahren

Ian Sample speaks to Ivan Oransky, from Retraction Watch, and hears from blogger Sholto David, who made headlines this year when he spotted mistakes in research from a leading US cancer institute

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A record 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023. In this
episode from February 2024, Ian Sample speaks to Ivan Oransky,
whose organisation Retraction Watch has been monitoring the growing
numbers of retractions for more than a decade, and hears from
blogger Sholto David, who made headlines this year when he spotted
mistakes in research from a leading US cancer institute. Help
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