#retractions — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #retractions, aggregated by home.social.
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Major new study comparing biomedical #preprints with versions later published in peer-reviewed journals:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.30.735556v1"The primary claim was unchanged in 39.9% of abstracts, minorly revised in 50.0% [mostly for level of confidence], and substantially revised in only 10.2%…Over the same period [2018-2025], biomedical papers that were never posted as preprints were retracted at roughly twice the rate of those that were."
Also see the summary in Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02167-3 -
Major new study comparing biomedical #preprints with versions later published in peer-reviewed journals:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.30.735556v1"The primary claim was unchanged in 39.9% of abstracts, minorly revised in 50.0% [mostly for level of confidence], and substantially revised in only 10.2%…Over the same period [2018-2025], biomedical papers that were never posted as preprints were retracted at roughly twice the rate of those that were."
Also see the summary in Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02167-3 -
Major new study comparing biomedical #preprints with versions later published in peer-reviewed journals:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.30.735556v1"The primary claim was unchanged in 39.9% of abstracts, minorly revised in 50.0% [mostly for level of confidence], and substantially revised in only 10.2%…Over the same period [2018-2025], biomedical papers that were never posted as preprints were retracted at roughly twice the rate of those that were."
Also see the summary in Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02167-3 -
Major new study comparing biomedical #preprints with versions later published in peer-reviewed journals:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.30.735556v1"The primary claim was unchanged in 39.9% of abstracts, minorly revised in 50.0% [mostly for level of confidence], and substantially revised in only 10.2%…Over the same period [2018-2025], biomedical papers that were never posted as preprints were retracted at roughly twice the rate of those that were."
Also see the summary in Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02167-3 -
Major new study comparing biomedical #preprints with versions later published in peer-reviewed journals:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.30.735556v1"The primary claim was unchanged in 39.9% of abstracts, minorly revised in 50.0% [mostly for level of confidence], and substantially revised in only 10.2%…Over the same period [2018-2025], biomedical papers that were never posted as preprints were retracted at roughly twice the rate of those that were."
Also see the summary in Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02167-3 -
A new study finds that by 2023, APC-based #OpenAccess articles had surpassed paywalled subscription articles in #retractions.
https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.763The study does not blame OA as such. It blames the APC business model.
"These findings raise concerns about APC‑based publishing models that directly link publisher revenue to publication volume, creating structural tensions for editorial oversight and quality control."
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A new study finds that by 2023, APC-based #OpenAccess articles had surpassed paywalled subscription articles in #retractions.
https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.763The study does not blame OA as such. It blames the APC business model.
"These findings raise concerns about APC‑based publishing models that directly link publisher revenue to publication volume, creating structural tensions for editorial oversight and quality control."
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A new study finds that by 2023, APC-based #OpenAccess articles had surpassed paywalled subscription articles in #retractions.
https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.763The study does not blame OA as such. It blames the APC business model.
"These findings raise concerns about APC‑based publishing models that directly link publisher revenue to publication volume, creating structural tensions for editorial oversight and quality control."
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A new study finds that by 2023, APC-based #OpenAccess articles had surpassed paywalled subscription articles in #retractions.
https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.763The study does not blame OA as such. It blames the APC business model.
"These findings raise concerns about APC‑based publishing models that directly link publisher revenue to publication volume, creating structural tensions for editorial oversight and quality control."
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A new study finds that by 2023, APC-based #OpenAccess articles had surpassed paywalled subscription articles in #retractions.
https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.763The study does not blame OA as such. It blames the APC business model.
"These findings raise concerns about APC‑based publishing models that directly link publisher revenue to publication volume, creating structural tensions for editorial oversight and quality control."
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in der neuen Folge vom #Podcast "The Future is Open Science" (FOS) geht es um:
"Retractions – Korrekturprozesse im wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesen"
https://podcast.zbw.eu/fos/2026/07/03/fos-61-retractions/
#WissenschaftlichesPublizieren #Retractions #OpenScience -
in der neuen Folge vom #Podcast "The Future is Open Science" (FOS) geht es um:
"Retractions – Korrekturprozesse im wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesen"
https://podcast.zbw.eu/fos/2026/07/03/fos-61-retractions/
#WissenschaftlichesPublizieren #Retractions #OpenScience -
in der neuen Folge vom #Podcast "The Future is Open Science" (FOS) geht es um:
"Retractions – Korrekturprozesse im wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesen"
https://podcast.zbw.eu/fos/2026/07/03/fos-61-retractions/
#WissenschaftlichesPublizieren #Retractions #OpenScience -
in der neuen Folge vom #Podcast "The Future is Open Science" (FOS) geht es um:
"Retractions – Korrekturprozesse im wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesen"
https://podcast.zbw.eu/fos/2026/07/03/fos-61-retractions/
#WissenschaftlichesPublizieren #Retractions #OpenScience -
in der neuen Folge vom #Podcast "The Future is Open Science" (FOS) geht es um:
"Retractions – Korrekturprozesse im wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesen"
https://podcast.zbw.eu/fos/2026/07/03/fos-61-retractions/
#WissenschaftlichesPublizieren #Retractions #OpenScience -
Ars Technica: Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?. “German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta. There has never been a whisper of scandal about the man’s integrity or his scientific work. So a pair of science historians were puzzled when they […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/01/ars-technica-why-did-this-journal-retract-two-1940s-papers-by-max-planck/ -
Ars Technica: Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?. “German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta. There has never been a whisper of scandal about the man’s integrity or his scientific work. So a pair of science historians were puzzled when they […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/01/ars-technica-why-did-this-journal-retract-two-1940s-papers-by-max-planck/ -
Ars Technica: Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?. “German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta. There has never been a whisper of scandal about the man’s integrity or his scientific work. So a pair of science historians were puzzled when they […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/01/ars-technica-why-did-this-journal-retract-two-1940s-papers-by-max-planck/ -
Ars Technica: Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?. “German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta. There has never been a whisper of scandal about the man’s integrity or his scientific work. So a pair of science historians were puzzled when they […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/01/ars-technica-why-did-this-journal-retract-two-1940s-papers-by-max-planck/ -
Ars Technica: Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?. “German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta. There has never been a whisper of scandal about the man’s integrity or his scientific work. So a pair of science historians were puzzled when they […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/01/ars-technica-why-did-this-journal-retract-two-1940s-papers-by-max-planck/ -
ESPN Retracts Article About NFL Player And Dead Woman In Dominican Republic
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ESPN Retracts Article About NFL Player And Dead Woman In Dominican Republic
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ESPN Retracts Article About NFL Player And Dead Woman In Dominican Republic
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ESPN Retracts Article About NFL Player And Dead Woman In Dominican Republic
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RFK Jr. has various stances on #retractions. Critics say he’s ‘politicizing’ them – Retraction Watch
Les #rétractations : des motifs déontologiques et méthodologiques aux motifs idéologiques ? Vous avez dit #lyssenkisme #lysenkoism ?
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/06/18/rfk-jr-vaccines-infant-deaths-retractions-critics-politicizing/ -
RFK Jr. has various stances on #retractions. Critics say he’s ‘politicizing’ them – Retraction Watch
Les #rétractations : des motifs déontologiques et méthodologiques aux motifs idéologiques ? Vous avez dit #lyssenkisme #lysenkoism ?
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/06/18/rfk-jr-vaccines-infant-deaths-retractions-critics-politicizing/ -
Retraction Watch: New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews. “Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort already has turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/retraction-watch-new-system-for-flagging-retracted-papers-finds-scores-of-them-in-cochrane-reviews/ -
Retraction Watch: New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews. “Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort already has turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/retraction-watch-new-system-for-flagging-retracted-papers-finds-scores-of-them-in-cochrane-reviews/ -
Retraction Watch: New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews. “Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort already has turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/retraction-watch-new-system-for-flagging-retracted-papers-finds-scores-of-them-in-cochrane-reviews/ -
Retraction Watch: New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews. “Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort already has turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/retraction-watch-new-system-for-flagging-retracted-papers-finds-scores-of-them-in-cochrane-reviews/ -
Retraction Watch: New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews. “Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort already has turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/retraction-watch-new-system-for-flagging-retracted-papers-finds-scores-of-them-in-cochrane-reviews/ -
#Authors, letting #LargeLanguageModels create #fake #references for you isn't going to make your #research #papers look authoritative. It might even lead to #retractions once #journals investigate what else in your articles might be #falsified. #LLMs #AI
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#Authors, letting #LargeLanguageModels create #fake #references for you isn't going to make your #research #papers look authoritative. It might even lead to #retractions once #journals investigate what else in your articles might be #falsified. #LLMs #AI
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#Authors, letting #LargeLanguageModels create #fake #references for you isn't going to make your #research #papers look authoritative. It might even lead to #retractions once #journals investigate what else in your articles might be #falsified. #LLMs #AI
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#Authors, letting #LargeLanguageModels create #fake #references for you isn't going to make your #research #papers look authoritative. It might even lead to #retractions once #journals investigate what else in your articles might be #falsified. #LLMs #AI
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#Authors, letting #LargeLanguageModels create #fake #references for you isn't going to make your #research #papers look authoritative. It might even lead to #retractions once #journals investigate what else in your articles might be #falsified. #LLMs #AI
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New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online." arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872 #AI #Retractions #ScholComm
Do Large Language Models know ... -
New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online." arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872 #AI #Retractions #ScholComm
Do Large Language Models know ... -
New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online." arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872 #AI #Retractions #ScholComm
Do Large Language Models know ... -
New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online." arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872 #AI #Retractions #ScholComm
Do Large Language Models know ... -
New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online." arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872 #AI #Retractions #ScholComm
Do Large Language Models know ... -
New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872 -
New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872 -
New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872 -
New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872 -
New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online."
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Retraction Watch interview with Elizabeth Bik, who has a preturnatural ability to find duplicated images in different papers:
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Retraction Watch interview with Elizabeth Bik, who has a preturnatural ability to find duplicated images in different papers:
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Retraction Watch interview with Elizabeth Bik, who has a preturnatural ability to find duplicated images in different papers:
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Retraction Watch interview with Elizabeth Bik, who has a preturnatural ability to find duplicated images in different papers:
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Retraction Watch interview with Elizabeth Bik, who has a preturnatural ability to find duplicated images in different papers:
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Will 'AI-Assisted' #Journalists Bring Errors and #Retractions ?
Meet the "journalist" who "uploads press releases or analyst notes into #AI tools and prompts them to spit out #articles that he can edit and #publish quickly," according to the Wall Street Journal. "AI-assisted stories accounted for nearly 20% of Fortune's web traffic in the second half of 2025.
#AiSlop #journalism #journalist -
Will 'AI-Assisted' #Journalists Bring Errors and #Retractions ?
Meet the "journalist" who "uploads press releases or analyst notes into #AI tools and prompts them to spit out #articles that he can edit and #publish quickly," according to the Wall Street Journal. "AI-assisted stories accounted for nearly 20% of Fortune's web traffic in the second half of 2025.
#AiSlop #journalism #journalist -
Will 'AI-Assisted' #Journalists Bring Errors and #Retractions ?
Meet the "journalist" who "uploads press releases or analyst notes into #AI tools and prompts them to spit out #articles that he can edit and #publish quickly," according to the Wall Street Journal. "AI-assisted stories accounted for nearly 20% of Fortune's web traffic in the second half of 2025.
#AiSlop #journalism #journalist -
Will 'AI-Assisted' #Journalists Bring Errors and #Retractions ?
Meet the "journalist" who "uploads press releases or analyst notes into #AI tools and prompts them to spit out #articles that he can edit and #publish quickly," according to the Wall Street Journal. "AI-assisted stories accounted for nearly 20% of Fortune's web traffic in the second half of 2025.
#AiSlop #journalism #journalist -
Will 'AI-Assisted' #Journalists Bring Errors and #Retractions ?
Meet the "journalist" who "uploads press releases or analyst notes into #AI tools and prompts them to spit out #articles that he can edit and #publish quickly," according to the Wall Street Journal. "AI-assisted stories accounted for nearly 20% of Fortune's web traffic in the second half of 2025.
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Interesting case in which the usual issues surrounding the retraction of a journal article are further complicated by a NY state law criminalizing the distribution of information that endangers health.
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/04/02/judge-lawsuit-controversial-adolescents-paxil-study-329/PS: Apart from the specific issues raised by this case (whether a certain antidepressant is safe and effective for teenagers), I'm interested in this more general question: Do US journals have a #FirstAmendment right not to retract articles, regardless of the circumstances, for example, even when the articles have been shown to be false and harmful and even when local law prohibits the distribution of such information? Is "forced retraction" a kind of #censorship prohibited by the Constitution?
Before you comment, note that this cases raises a lot of important questions about our tolerance for harm. But I'm trying to raise a slightly different question about the interaction of scholarly norms and public law.
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Interesting case in which the usual issues surrounding the retraction of a journal article are further complicated by a NY state law criminalizing the distribution of information that endangers health.
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/04/02/judge-lawsuit-controversial-adolescents-paxil-study-329/PS: Apart from the specific issues raised by this case (whether a certain antidepressant is safe and effective for teenagers), I'm interested in this more general question: Do US journals have a #FirstAmendment right not to retract articles, regardless of the circumstances, for example, even when the articles have been shown to be false and harmful and even when local law prohibits the distribution of such information? Is "forced retraction" a kind of #censorship prohibited by the Constitution?
Before you comment, note that this cases raises a lot of important questions about our tolerance for harm. But I'm trying to raise a slightly different question about the interaction of scholarly norms and public law.
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Interesting case in which the usual issues surrounding the retraction of a journal article are further complicated by a NY state law criminalizing the distribution of information that endangers health.
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/04/02/judge-lawsuit-controversial-adolescents-paxil-study-329/PS: Apart from the specific issues raised by this case (whether a certain antidepressant is safe and effective for teenagers), I'm interested in this more general question: Do US journals have a #FirstAmendment right not to retract articles, regardless of the circumstances, for example, even when the articles have been shown to be false and harmful and even when local law prohibits the distribution of such information? Is "forced retraction" a kind of #censorship prohibited by the Constitution?
Before you comment, note that this cases raises a lot of important questions about our tolerance for harm. But I'm trying to raise a slightly different question about the interaction of scholarly norms and public law.
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Interesting case in which the usual issues surrounding the retraction of a journal article are further complicated by a NY state law criminalizing the distribution of information that endangers health.
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/04/02/judge-lawsuit-controversial-adolescents-paxil-study-329/PS: Apart from the specific issues raised by this case (whether a certain antidepressant is safe and effective for teenagers), I'm interested in this more general question: Do US journals have a #FirstAmendment right not to retract articles, regardless of the circumstances, for example, even when the articles have been shown to be false and harmful and even when local law prohibits the distribution of such information? Is "forced retraction" a kind of #censorship prohibited by the Constitution?
Before you comment, note that this cases raises a lot of important questions about our tolerance for harm. But I'm trying to raise a slightly different question about the interaction of scholarly norms and public law.