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The scandal served as a crisis of conscience for the Japanese system of clinical research.

The scientists involved have hired lawyers to fight the conclusions of a recent investigation into some studies of Diovan in Japan.
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A spokesperson for Cianna insisted that the article in question was not being pulled — and he proved to be right.

The Annals of Surgical Oncology (ASO) owes an apology to a group of researchers at two hospitals in South Florida. Last month, the journal retracted a conference presentation about a device, from a…
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This is not the first time we’ve seen researchers fight over who should get to write up a case report.

Three researchers are fighting over who should get to publish a case report on a pair of unique patients. Yoo-Mi Kim—who was not an author on the paper—claimed that he had diagnosed the patients de…
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In the last week, a lot more people know the name of Brendan O’Connor.

In the last week, a lot more people know the name of Brendan O’Connor. Recently, the graduate student at the University of Leicester in the UK posted allegations on Twitter that a prominent psychol…
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The objection: The journal will be available only by subscription.

More than two thousand researchers have signed a petition to boycott a new Nature journal over the fact it will be available only by subscription. The new journal — Nature Machine Intelligenc…
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According to a new commentary published in the journal, the former editor’s article presented wrong statistics, and minimized the contributions of those who had come before her.

An editor thought she did a great job running an anesthesiology journal. But her colleagues— including the new editor who took over for her—heartily disagree. During her tenure at the journal, the …
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Another bumper crop. And we could really use your help.

Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads…
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According to a news release issued today, the university has issued a “disciplinary dismissal” of Yoshinori Watanabe.

The University of Tokyo has fired a high-profile cell biologist after a probe determined his group had falsified data. According to a news release issued today (in Japanese), the university has iss…
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When scientists write papers that cite a technique, who should get credit for discovering it?

Decades ago, unbeknownst to each other, two chemists were independently working on a screening approach to identify new potential drugs. Both published papers about the technique around the same ti…
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"Cell chose to proceed with the version of the notice they crafted, and there was nothing I could do to convince them otherwise."

For months, a researcher has wrestled with a journal over the wording of an upcoming retraction notice. It appears that she has lost. Earlier this week, Cell retracted the paper, despite the protes…
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"This problem with the data casts doubt on all the data."

A researcher whose work on the use of nanomaterials has been heavily scrutinized on PubPeer — with one critic alleging a paper contained “obviously fabricated” images — has lost six pap…
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Experts have asked that the paper be withdrawn.

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The case of Paolo Macchiarini "exemplifies the power of institutional actors to support dubious operators with a gift for international marketing and rapid publishing and to protect them in contexts of mounting external criticism," says a new paper. (sub req'd)

The incidence of revealed fraud and dishonesty in academia is on the rise, and so is the number of studies seeking to explain scientific misconduct. This paper builds on the concepts of competing logics and institutional fields to analyze a serious case of medical and scientific misconduct at a lead...
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Salk puts cancer scientist Inder Verma -- earlier put on leave as PNAS editor in chief -- on leave after harassment allegations, announces investigation, Meredith Wadman reports.

Another bumper crop. And: We could really use your help.

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A new scam: The faked acceptance letter.

A new kind of predator is taking advantage of unsuspecting authors. In this post, Angela Cochran discusses the forged acceptance letters received and what publishers can do to help authors avoid this costly and embarrassing pitfall.
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