retraction
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Additional sources included records of retracted studies from Retraction Watch, discussion comments from PubPeer and article metadata such as editor names, submission dates and acceptance dates from selected journals.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
Appeared in the December 10, 2025, print edition as 'A Climate Study Retraction for the Ages'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Given the staid pace of academic publishing, publishing this many corrections and retractions only a few months after the initial concerns were raised “is, bizarrely, pretty quick,” said Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024
Retractions of research papers have been on the rise, with more than 10,000 last year, according to Ivan Oransky, who teaches medical journalism at New York University and co-founded the Retraction Watch blog.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Retraction of the thighs produced diffuse abdominal pain, more marked upon the right side than upon the left; careful examination of the hernial rings gave a negative result.
From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry
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