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Gunther Eysenbach
December 3, 2010 at 11:19 amI’ve written about another case – where there was also an empirical evaluation of how much attention the retraction got – and “retraction ethics” here:
Eysenbach G, Kummervold PE
“Is Cybermedicine Killing You?” – The Story of a Cochrane Disaster
J Med Internet Res 2005;7(2):e21
doi: 10.2196/jmir.7.2.e21
Elaine Schattner, M.D.
December 3, 2010 at 12:42 pmYes, of course a retraction should get equal attention as the initial statement of fact.
Carolyn Thomas
December 8, 2010 at 6:24 pmSeems there’s been a wee rash of journal retractions lately – like the case of Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the now-discredited darling of the autism/childhood vaccination-link conspiracy movement whose 1998 study published in The Lancet was finally pulled (12 years later!) after its evidence was described by the journal’s editors as a “a damning indictment of the man and his research.”
And last month, we learned of the Nobel prize-winning scientist Dr. Linda Buck who has been forced to retract not one, not two, but THREE of her published peer-reviewed journal articles.
This really pokes a damning finger at the entire peer review system, not to mention the reputation of those whose current and future work gets published.
I for one am doing my small bit to help increase coverage of retractions! See more on THE ETHICAL NAG: MARKETING ETHICS FOR THE EASILY SWAYED: “Nobel Prize Winner Forced to Retract Three Flawed Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles”
Gregory D. Pawelski
December 16, 2010 at 2:32 pmTop retractions of 2010 by TheScientist. A list of the biggest papers and scientists involved in retractions in the last year.
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57864/
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