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  1. Emphasis on #AI means lots of #scientists around the world now submit #research #papers to English-language #journals after using #AI to “write” them & to #hallucinate #reference #lists w/o consulting human #science #editors like me to fix things. If the world is lucky, some journals #retract them.

  2. "#CDC Researchers Ordered to #Retract Papers Submitted to All Journals"

    '... #Banned terms must be scrubbed from CDC-authored manuscripts ...'

    medpagetoday.com/opinion/faust

    #USA #Science #Health

  3. "The #CDC has instructed its scientists to #retract or pause the publication of any research manuscript being considered by any medical or scientific journal, not merely its own internal periodicals…The move aims to ensure that no "forbidden terms" appear in the work. The policy includes manuscripts that are in the revision stages at journal (but not officially accepted) and those already accepted for publication but not yet live."
    medpagetoday.com/opinion/faust

    I trust MedPage Today, where this news appeared. But it only cites the author's Substack newsletter, which in turn cites nothing. Can anyone confirm this report?

    #Retractions #ScholComm #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

  4. Good morning and welcome to DailyChatPix!

    Today’s word is #Retract

    Post a personal photo and explain how it represents the word #Retract to you

    Tag it #DailyChatPix and #Retract

    Tomorrow's word will be #Film

    Creative interpretations are encouraged!

  5. Good morning and welcome to DailyChatPix!

    Today’s word is #Escape

    Post a personal photo and explain how it represents the word #Escape to you

    Tag it #DailyChatPix and #Escape

    Tomorrow's word will be #Retract

    Creative interpretations are encouraged!

  6. Opinion piece in Scientific American by Ivan Oransky & Adam Marcus of the blog Retraction Watch says it's time for #science #publishers & #universities to stop delaying when it's time to #retract #journal #articles that contain #SpeciousData & #ManipulatedImages: tinyurl.com/5y4b433e . #Bookstodon

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  8. A classic #LetterToEditor:

    "We want to congratulate our colleagues on this impressive work that is a true #TourDeForce. Also, we think it's entirely flawed & should be retracted."

    Then lists reasons A, B, and C to #retract, where:
    A - is clearly accommodated in the study design;
    B - relies on critics misunderstanding a meaning of one word as being the exact opposite of what it is; &
    C - has no discernible impact on conclusions & is listed as a limitation.

    #ScientificPublishing #PeerReview