Florida university fires criminology professor blemished by retractions
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07...iminology-professor-blemished-by-retractions/
Florida State University last week terminated a criminology professor accused of research misconduct, "Retraction Watch" has learned, capping a years-long, highly publicized saga the school says has caused almost “catastrophic” damage to its standing.
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Journal editors resign, strike in dispute with Wiley over ‘business model that maximises profit’
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07...ey-over-business-model-that-maximises-profit/
The editor in chief of a Wiley journal has resigned, saying the publisher recently has “seemed to emphasize cost-cutting and margins over good editorial practice.”
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Journal asks scientist to step down from editorial board after sleuth’s comments linked him to paper mill
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07...er-sleuths-comments-linked-him-to-paper-mill/
An engineering researcher has stepped down from an editorial board at the request of a journal’s leadership following a sleuth’s comment on a "Retraction Watch" post linking him to paper mill activity.
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Econ study retracted after researchers find ‘undocumented alterations in the code’
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07...rs-find-undocumented-alterations-in-the-code/
An economics study has been retracted after other researchers identified several inconsistencies in the study’s code and submitted a comment to the journal.
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Journal to retract papers that cost its impact factor and spot in leading index
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07/17/journal-to-retract-papers-that-cost-its-impact-factor/
A journal that didn’t get an impact factor this year after Clarivate, the company behind the closely-watched but controversial metric, identified unusual citations in several articles will retract the offending papers, according to its editor.
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https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07...iminology-professor-blemished-by-retractions/
Florida State University last week terminated a criminology professor accused of research misconduct, "Retraction Watch" has learned, capping a years-long, highly publicized saga the school says has caused almost “catastrophic” damage to its standing.
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Journal editors resign, strike in dispute with Wiley over ‘business model that maximises profit’
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07...ey-over-business-model-that-maximises-profit/
The editor in chief of a Wiley journal has resigned, saying the publisher recently has “seemed to emphasize cost-cutting and margins over good editorial practice.”
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Journal asks scientist to step down from editorial board after sleuth’s comments linked him to paper mill
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07...er-sleuths-comments-linked-him-to-paper-mill/
An engineering researcher has stepped down from an editorial board at the request of a journal’s leadership following a sleuth’s comment on a "Retraction Watch" post linking him to paper mill activity.
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Econ study retracted after researchers find ‘undocumented alterations in the code’
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07...rs-find-undocumented-alterations-in-the-code/
An economics study has been retracted after other researchers identified several inconsistencies in the study’s code and submitted a comment to the journal.
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Journal to retract papers that cost its impact factor and spot in leading index
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/07/17/journal-to-retract-papers-that-cost-its-impact-factor/
A journal that didn’t get an impact factor this year after Clarivate, the company behind the closely-watched but controversial metric, identified unusual citations in several articles will retract the offending papers, according to its editor.
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