Scientific Publications: Retracted Publications and Related Topics

ELIAS A. ALSABTI vs. BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE.

The withdrawal of almost 90 fraudulent studies by a German anaesthetist is one of the biggest medical research scandals of recent time.

The Impact of Fraudulent Research on the Scientific Literature: The Stephen E. Breuning Case

A rapidly rising young doctor at the Harvard Medical School has admitted that he falsified data in a heart research experiment, and the school has instituted a major investigation to decide how to handle the case, according to the school's dean.

Chemist Admits to Mass Misconduct

• Former state chemist Annie Dookhan played some sort of a role in more than 40,000 cases at the William Hinton Laboratory in Jamaica Plain from 2003-2012, possibly tainting the integrity of the evidence in those cases

193 papers could be retracted: Journal consortium issues ultimatum in Fujii case

Former Harvard University psychologist Marc Hauser has admitted to making “mistakes” in his research that led to the findings of research misconduct announced today by the US Office of Research Integrity (ORI)

Cloning pioneer gets two years for embezzlement and bioethics breach.

Researcher, Peer Review Thyself

Controversial STAP stem cell papers retracted: Nature has retracted two papers published in January on the creation of so-called 'STAP' cells, after all co-authors agreed to the retractions.

• Disgraced Japan researcher fails to replicate 'game changing' stem cell results

Deception at Duke: Fraud in cancer care?

• Medscape
Feds (Finally) Say that Researcher Faked Data
• Medscape
Huge Cancer Research Fraud, But Only One Doc Blamed

A Medical Madoff: Anesthesiologist Faked Data in 21 Studies: A pioneering anesthesiologist has been implicated in a massive research fraud that has altered the way millions of patients are treated for pain during and after orthopedic surgeries -Scientific American. Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., began investigating Reuben's findings last May ...

Bell Labs physicist fired for misconduct

Suspected research fraud: difficulties of getting at the truth: This study went on to become a “citation classic,” cited 225 times (at the time of writing), including in guidelines, and its lead author, Dr Ram B Singh, went on to publish many papers in other journals. During the process, he became the focus of a concerted, but informal, international investigation into suspicions of scientific misconduct and data fabrication, spanning well over a decade.

The Mind of a Con Man: Diederik Stapel, a Dutch social psychologist, perpetrated an audacious academic fraud by making up studies that told the world what it wanted to hear about human nature.

The Lancet has retracted the 12 year old paper that sparked an international crisis of confidence in the safety of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine when its lead author suggested a link between the vaccine and autism.

• Retraction Watch
... on Andrew Wakefield, the BMJ, autism, vaccines, and fraud: The ... retraction of the original Wakefield paper in the Lancet was a huge deal. If there were a Canon of Scientific Retractions, it would be in it. It happened before we launched Retraction Watch, however, so we haven’t commented much on it.

• Jenny McCarthy
[McCarthy] is a supporter of Andrew Wakefield, the British doctor whose study linking the MMR vaccine and autism was found to be based on fraudulent data

Measles Outbreak Caused by Anti-Vax Campaign, Officials Say

Lancet retracts Wakefield’s MMR paper

Measles Cases and Outbreaks: From January 2 to December 31, 2016, 70 people from 16 states (Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah) were reported to have measles.

Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism

Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses

Protecting the Public’s Health: The Power of Vaccination

Anti-Vaccine Activist Says Trump Wants Him to Lead Panel on Immunization Safety

Deadly Immunity : Robert F. Kennedy Jr. investigates the government cover-up of a mercury/autism scandal

RETRACTED: Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children : Dr. AJ Wakefield

Got 3 Minutes? Here's Everything You Need To Know About Vaccines And Their Controversy. (Video below)

Robert Kennedy Jr.’s belief in autism-vaccine connection, and its political peril

The truth about vaccines, autism and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s conspiracy theory

More parents believe vaccines are ‘unnecessary,’ while a mumps outbreak grows

Do Vaccines Cause Autism?

What are some of the myths – and facts – about vaccination?

A new record: Major publisher retracting more than 100 studies from cancer journal over fake peer reviews

Minnesota measles outbreak linked to anti-vaccine rhetoric hits 50 cases

Fraud Scandals Sap China’s Dream of Becoming a Science Superpower

The Ethics of Scientific Publication

Part 1. The Spectrum of Deviant Behavior in science

Part 2. Why Does Fraud Happen and What Are Its Effects?

Dr. Eugene Garfield Wins the Online Information Lifetime Achievement Award

German scientists regain access to Elsevier journals