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Retraction Watch Publishes a “Leaderboard” of Top Retractors
The website Retraction Watch is approaching it’s 5th birthday. Among other things, it publishes a “leaderboard” where they keep track of researchers with the most retractions. The leaderboard lists a Top 30 list of researchers, with links to the individual cases….
Read MoreBlogsite “Political Science Replication” summarizes the LaCour faked data scandal
The blogsite Political Science Replication summarizes the recent “scandal” in which a graduate student at UCLA (Michael LaCour) is accused of fabricating data for an article published in Science magazine, leading to its retraction. The summary includes a description of…
Read MoreRetractions and faked data
FROM THE ARTICLE: “A political scientist on Tuesday said he was retracting a paper he’d co-authored — one with wide influence on how campaigns can change public opinion — when faced with evidence that the paper’s central finding was based…
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