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[conradseitz]

SurgiSphere refuses to share data on which hydroxychloroquine study is based, forcing retraction of papers in Lancet and NEJM: bad science damages reputations of high impact journals.

SurgiSphere refuses to share data on which hydroxychloroquine study is based, forcing retraction of papers in Lancet and NEJM: bad science damages reputations of high impact journals.

Coronavirus studies by Engin Akyurt via pixabay.com

The study published in both Lancet and New England Journal of Medicinehas been retracted because the primary source of the data in the study, Surgisphere, refuses to make the raw data available.  It turns out that the aggregated data is implausible for several reasons, not least of which is the large number of patients it covers.  Worst of all,…

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[exerciciosinteligentes]

Retratações em artigos científicos http://bit.ly/2yPjqPY #retratacões #fraude #ciencia #retractionwatch https://www.instagram.com/p/B1B8iZCH4Hf/?igshid=5s2rh4st4l90

[pknoepfl]

Science press releases behaving badly: time to start tracking their retractions?

Science press releases behaving badly: time to start tracking their retractions?

Science press releases can be retracted or corrected. Retraction stamp part of image from Medscape

Over at RetractionWatch, their team does a great job following retractions of science papers. Sadly, the number of published manuscript retractions gives them more than enough material to post several times a day.

There’s another phenomenon going on that I think might warrant their increased…

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[hopkinsmedsci]

A good article to read concerning the growing number of retractions in biomedical journals and what are the implications.

(via PLOS Medicine: Why Growing Retractions Are (Mostly) a Good Sign)