Many universities and research institutions around the world prize high productivity. They encourage researchers to publish more articles and accrue more citations; higher counts can signal that an ...

The Anusandhan National Research Foundation has made it mandatory for grant applicants to declare details and reasons for any ...

More than 8,000 of the world’s most-cited scientists have at least one retraction, according to a database that links retractions to top-cited papers 1. Retracted papers had a higher number of ...

Scientific knowledge builds and expands on previous scientific results. Publication of peer-reviewed scientific articles is the process by which results are shared with the scientific community and ...

ANRF mandates disclosure of research paper retractions for grant applicants, aiming to enhance research integrity and deter unethical practices in India.

Retractions — when an academic journal withdraws an already published study — are a big deal for researchers. Such withdrawals correct the record and remove faulty information from circulation, and ...

While the rate of retractions has been rising in recent years, it may not mean more scientists are fudging the data. Some experts believe text comparison tools and other means for catching plagiarism ...

Several high-profile papers on COVID-19 research have come under fire from people in the scientific community in recent weeks. Two articles addressing the safety of certain drugs when taken by ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Misconduct has contributed largely to a rising trend of ...

J ournal retractions are a necessary part of the scientific process. They allow the scientific community both to correct honest mistakes and to deal with misconduct and even fraud. But in recent years ...

Retraction is not effective in reducing online attention to problematic research papers, according to a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study doesn’t support ...