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    {
      "id": 19603,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/14/princeton-rishika-porandla-macromolecular-materials-engineering-experiments-retraction",
      "title": "Princeton student says she did not conduct the experiments described in her now-retracted paper",
      "summary": "Earlier this week, Retraction Watch reported on a Princeton student’s decision to retract her own paper from an engineering journal due to “significant methodological errors.” The student, Rishika Porandla, now tells us she never conducted the experiments described in the study. “The beam experiment described in the paper was a proposed experimental workflow with associated … Continue reading Princeton student says she did not conduct the experiments described in her now-retracted paper",
      "authors": "Brendan Borrell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-14T14:43:10.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19603"
    },
    {
      "id": 19303,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/12/biology-journal-pulls-100-articles-and-counting-from-special-issues-for-peer-review-manipulation",
      "title": "Biology journal pulls 100+ articles and counting from special issues for peer review manipulation",
      "summary": "Elsevier’s International Journal of Biological Macromolecules has issued more than 100 retractions and counting for manipulated peer review in guest-edited special issues. The publisher has said one more retraction is coming. Since June the publisher has retracted 120 papers. According to the retraction notices, the journal identified “[s]ystematic, coordinated, and widespread manipulation of the peer-review … Continue reading Biology journal pulls 100+ articles and counting from special issues",
      "authors": "Avery Orrall",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "biotech",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T17:20:09.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19303"
    },
    {
      "id": 18534,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/11/bmj-public-health-retraction-covid-19-vaccines-death-senate-hearing",
      "title": "BMJ Group retracts paper on COVID-19 vaccines and mortality featured in Senate hearing",
      "summary": "BMJ Public Health has retracted a paper some — including a witness at a recent U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing — have used to link COVID-19 vaccines to deaths. The action comes more than two years after a researcher cited in the work flagged issues with the study. Published May 6, 2024, the paper used the … Continue reading BMJ Group retracts paper on COVID-19 vaccines and mortality featured in Senate hearing",
      "authors": "Avery Orrall",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T22:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18534"
    },
    {
      "id": 18129,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/10/college-student-rishika-porandla-retract-own-paper-wiley-macromolecular-materials-engineering",
      "title": "A college student had to retract her paper. The move was ‘the starting point for a better study’",
      "summary": "As a sophomore at Princeton University, Rishika Porandla took a course called “The Curious Scientist,” where students practice disciplinary research skills and act as a “PI” on a project of their choosing. Porandla didn’t have to think twice about what subject to dive into. In high school, she had studied the biodegradability of polyvinyl chloride … Continue reading A college student had to retract her paper. The move was ‘the starting point for a better study’",
      "authors": "Alicia Gallegos",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T12:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18129"
    },
    {
      "id": 17565,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/07/clarivate-removes-hold-mega-journal-heliyon-after-internal-audit",
      "title": "Clarivate removes hold on mega-journal Heliyon after internal audit, 650+ retractions",
      "summary": "Clarivate has lifted its hold on Heliyon after the journal’s internal audit led to over 1,000 retractions, expressions of concern and corrections. As a result, the journal will receive an impact factor in the coming cycle, a Clarivate spokesperson said. Clarivate decided in September 2024 new content from Heliyon would not be indexed in its … Continue reading Clarivate removes hold on mega-journal Heliyon after internal audit, 650+ retractions",
      "authors": "Avery Orrall",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "transparency",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T13:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17565"
    },
    {
      "id": 17195,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/06/op4g-market-research-indictment-fake-data",
      "title": "Decade-long fraud by market survey firm a ‘gut punch’ for researchers",
      "summary": "In April 2025, David Victorson, a psychologist at Northwestern University in Chicago, was polishing several manuscripts for submission when a colleague sent him a link to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. “Eight Defendants Indicted in International Conspiracy to Bill $10 Million for Fraudulent Market Survey Data,” the headline read. Victorson couldn’t … Continue reading Decade-long fraud by market survey firm a ‘gut punch’ for researchers",
      "authors": "Brendan Borrell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T19:41:17.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17195"
    },
    {
      "id": 17196,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/06/rfk-jr-sage-miller-hooker-sage-open-medicine",
      "title": "RFK Jr. questions another publisher on expression of concern for a vaccine paper",
      "summary": "The U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services is once again questioning a publisher on an editorial action regarding a paper on vaccination. Published in Sage Open Medicine in 2020, the article looks at health outcomes in vaccinated versus unvaccinated children. Its authors are Brian Hooker and Neil Z. Miller, both longtime vaccine critics. Sage … Continue reading RFK Jr. questions another publisher on expression of concern for a vaccine paper",
      "authors": "Kate Travis",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T15:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17196"
    },
    {
      "id": 16779,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/05/a-composer-published-a-paper-on-theoretical-physics-his-lack-of-credentials-drew-criticism",
      "title": "A composer published a paper on theoretical physics. His lack of credentials drew criticism.",
      "summary": "Some people compose music or make YouTube videos for a hobby. That’s Brandon Yates’ job — so in his spare time, he tries his hand at theoretical physics. But his only published paper was questioned because of his lack of professional training in the field — despite the physicist who inspired his work saying the … Continue reading A composer published a paper on theoretical physics. His lack of credentials drew criticism.",
      "authors": "Avery Orrall",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "jobs-economy",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T16:13:47.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16779"
    },
    {
      "id": 16406,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/04/anesthesiologists-earning-retractions-for-data-image-problems",
      "title": "High-profile anesthesiologists earning retractions for data, image problems",
      "summary": "In July 2021, John Loadsman received a manuscript about a clinical trial that immediately roused his suspicion. Then the editor-in-chief of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Loadsman asked the authors for the raw data. They weren’t pretty. “When I looked carefully at the spreadsheet, I could see entire blocks of data that were repeated,” recalled Loadsman, … Continue reading High-profile anesthesiologists earning retractions for data, image problems",
      "authors": "Frederik Joelving",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,biotech",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T07:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16406"
    },
    {
      "id": 15612,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/01/weekend-reads-university-and-journal-investigating-gene-editing-death-ada-must-take-accountability-psychedelic-therapy-paper-faces-retraction",
      "title": "Weekend reads: University and journal investigating gene-editing death; ADA ‘must take accountability’; psychedelic therapy paper faces retraction",
      "summary": "If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: In case you missed the news, the Hijacked Journal Checker now has more than 450 entries. The Retraction Watch Database has over 66,000 retractions. Our list of COVID-19 retractions … Continue reading Weekend reads: University and journal investigating gene-editing death; ADA ‘must take accountability’; psychedelic therapy paper faces retraction",
      "authors": "Retraction Watch Staff",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "transparency,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-01T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15612"
    },
    {
      "id": 15454,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/31/retraction-watch-research-factory-investigation-preprint-withdrawals",
      "title": "Retraction Watch story exposing research factory fuels investigations, preprint withdrawals, termination",
      "summary": "A preprint server has withdrawn three papers by an author at the center of a Retraction Watch story revealing a prolific research factory operated through the WhatsApp messaging system. Last week, we reported on Raghabendra Kumar Mahato, a second-year medical student in Nepal, who runs an international research network that churns out conference abstracts and … Continue reading Retraction Watch story exposing research factory fuels investigations, preprint withdrawals, termination",
      "authors": "Alicia Gallegos",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,children-education,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-31T14:56:26.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15454"
    },
    {
      "id": 15071,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/30/nature-university-china-investigations-gene-editing-death-science",
      "title": "Journal, university investigations launched into gene-editing death following Science-Retraction Watch reporting",
      "summary": "Nature is investigating concerns surrounding a paper at the heart of a news story published last week on the death of a 6-year-old girl following a gene therapy treatment in China. The paper, published in February by a team led by neuroscientist Zilong Qiu of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in China, described … Continue reading Journal, university investigations launched into gene-editing death following Science-Retraction Watch reporting",
      "authors": "Retraction Watch Staff",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-30T18:33:36.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15071"
    },
    {
      "id": 14715,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/29/kaggle-removes-problematic-stroke-dataset-for-copyright-infringement",
      "title": "Kaggle removes problematic stroke dataset for copyright infringement",
      "summary": "The online data repository Kaggle has removed a problematic dataset for violating intellectual property rights months after it was flagged by sleuths for containing celebrity photos and lacking information on data provenance or confirmed medical diagnoses. Researchers had used the images to train machine learning algorithms to detect stroke, but the dataset instead contained images … Continue reading Kaggle removes problematic stroke dataset for copyright infringement",
      "authors": "Lori Youmshajekian",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip,healthcare",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14715"
    },
    {
      "id": 13942,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/27/cambridge-jason-arday-plagiarism-allegations-times-higher-education-exclusive",
      "title": "Exclusive: News outlet killed story on plagiarism allegations after Cambridge prof hired law firm",
      "summary": "Jason Arday In September 2025, Times Higher Education had a bombshell story in the works: A star sociology professor at the University of Cambridge had allegedly plagiarized parts of his Ph.D. thesis and several journal articles. In one of the articles, the borrowed text appeared in quotes from subjects the professor, Jason Arday, claimed to … Continue reading Exclusive: News outlet killed story on plagiarism allegations after Cambridge prof hired law firm",
      "authors": "Brendan Borrell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,copyright-ip,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-07-27T21:08:31.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13942"
    },
    {
      "id": 13943,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/27/ecological-economics-journal-apparent-data-mismatch-climate-study",
      "title": "Journal investigating apparent data mismatch in climate study",
      "summary": "A leading environmental economics journal is looking into claims that a 2025 study linking national innovation to lower carbon emissions contains data that does not match its source, after an expert in the field requested the paper be retracted. The article appeared in Ecological Economics, the journal for the International Society for Ecological Economics and … Continue reading Journal investigating apparent data mismatch in climate study",
      "authors": "Lori Youmshajekian",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "environment,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-27T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13943"
    },
    {
      "id": 13322,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/23/editors-of-economics-journal-resign-after-association-renews-taylor-francis-contract",
      "title": "Editors of economics journal resign after association renews Taylor & Francis contract",
      "summary": "Forty-one editors, associate editors and advisory board members resigned from their roles at the Review of Social Economy after the Association for Social Economics, which owns the journal, renewed its contract with publisher Taylor & Francis. The resigning members, who cited concerns the publisher would eventually transition the journal to a model based wholly on … Continue reading Editors of economics journal resign after association renews Taylor & Francis contract",
      "authors": "Avery Orrall",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "jobs-economy",
      "published_at": "2026-07-23T20:14:35.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13322"
    },
    {
      "id": 13323,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/23/exclusive-death-gene-editing-trial-china-nature-science-investigation",
      "title": "Exclusive: A couple paid more than $800,000 for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died, and it wasn’t made public",
      "summary": "An investigation by Science and Retraction Watch has uncovered details about a clinical trial that resulted in the death of its sole patient: a 6-year-old girl with a rare genetic mutation affecting her cognitive development. Her death has never been reported publicly, even though the medical team published its preclinical work in Nature earlier this … Continue reading Exclusive: A couple paid more than $800,000 for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died, and it wasn’t made public",
      "authors": "Retraction Watch Staff",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,finance-investment,biotech",
      "published_at": "2026-07-23T18:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13323"
    },
    {
      "id": 12478,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/21/exclusive-medical-student-in-nepal-behind-busy-research-factory",
      "title": "Exclusive: Medical student in Nepal behind busy research factory",
      "summary": "A second-year medical student in Nepal is at the center of an international research network churning out everything from systematic reviews and meta-analyses to case reports and database studies, Retraction Watch has learned. The student, Raghabendra Kumar Mahato, leverages this network, which includes nearly 1,000 members connected through the WhatsApp messaging platform, to produce large … Continue reading Exclusive: Medical student in Nepal behind busy research factory",
      "authors": "Frederik Joelving",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-07-21T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12478"
    },
    {
      "id": 12099,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/20/publisher-investigating-peer-reviewer-for-alleged-bribery-scheme",
      "title": "Publisher investigating peer reviewer for alleged bribery scheme",
      "summary": "Earlier this year, Tushar Sen, an independent researcher based in New Delhi, submitted a manuscript to Security and Privacy about the modeling of polymorphic malware. On May 15, a purported reviewer for the journal wrote Sen indicating he received the article, but that it was not ready for publication. “i may revise it with you … Continue reading Publisher investigating peer reviewer for alleged bribery scheme",
      "authors": "Alicia Gallegos",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "privacy-surveillance,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-20T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12099"
    },
    {
      "id": 11151,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/16/harvard-cancer-researchers-earn-retraction-for-image-duplication",
      "title": "Harvard cancer researchers earn retraction for image duplication",
      "summary": "A group of researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston have lost a paper for image duplication following an investigation by the two institutions. The paper, published in September 2019 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, described a treatment for tumors caused by a disorder called tuberous sclerosis complex. Several … Continue reading Harvard cancer researchers earn retraction for image duplication",
      "authors": "Avery Orrall",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,children-education,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-16T15:42:32.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/11151"
    },
    {
      "id": 10418,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/14/sage-retracts-eight-papers-by-former-radboud-rising-star-for-compromised-peer-review-process",
      "title": "Sage retracts eight papers by former Radboud ‘rising star’ for compromised peer-review process",
      "summary": "The publisher Sage has retracted eight papers by a former “rising star” from a Dutch university for a “compromised” peer-review process at a journal he edited. Last week, Retraction Watch obtained an email from an editor at Sage to the editorial board of Group & Organization Management, stating that, following a “thorough investigation,” the publisher … Continue reading Sage retracts eight papers by former Radboud ‘rising star’ for compromised peer-review process",
      "authors": "Avery Orrall",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-14T19:11:29.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10418"
    },
    {
      "id": 2628,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/14/a-student-claimed-to-have-a-phd-in-at-least-eight-letters-to-journals-two-have-been-retracted",
      "title": "A student claimed to have a Ph.D. in at least eight letters to journals. Two have been retracted.",
      "summary": "This past year, Zhihao Lei has signed his name to at least 35 letters to the editor of medical journals, weighing in on topics from ICU care to breast cancer. In eight of them, he identified himself as a Ph.D. at Cornell University, although he held only a bachelor’s degree at the time. Two of … Continue reading A student claimed to have a Ph.D. in at least eight letters to journals. Two have been retracted.",
      "authors": "Lori Youmshajekian",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-07-14T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2628"
    },
    {
      "id": 2630,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/07/springer-nature-un-retracts-planck-papers-citing-human-error",
      "title": "Springer Nature un-retracts Planck papers, citing “human error”",
      "summary": "Today the Retraction Watch list of Nobelists who have retracted papers bids Verabschiedung to Max Planck. After days of scrutiny, Springer Nature has restored two papers by Planck, who won the Nobel for Physics in 1918, reversing a 2011 decision to retract the articles for “copyright violations.” Both articles are back, and now carry the … Continue reading Springer Nature un-retracts Planck papers, citing “human error”",
      "authors": "Retraction Watch Staff",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-07T17:13:50.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2630"
    },
    {
      "id": 10117,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/06/former-acting-director-of-national-research-lab-in-india-adds-another-retraction",
      "title": "Former acting director of national research lab in India adds another retraction",
      "summary": "A cancer journal has retracted a paper by a former acting director of an institute in India, bringing her retraction total to nine. Chitra Mandal, a former senior researcher at the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research’s Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IIC) at Kolkata, served as acting director in 2014-15. She also headed the … Continue reading Former acting director of national research lab in India adds another retraction",
      "authors": "Payal Dhar",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "biotech",
      "published_at": "2026-07-06T22:21:37.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10117"
    },
    {
      "id": 2633,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/06/ethics-journal-retracts-paper-by-high-school-student-for-ai-peer-review-manipulation",
      "title": "Ethics journal retracts paper by high school student for AI, peer review manipulation",
      "summary": "The Journal of Medical Ethics has retracted a paper on the use of AI in the pharmaceutical industry for containing references that don’t exist. The article’s sole author: a high school student. The paper, which argues biased algorithms can exacerbate inequities in health care, was published in September. The author, Irfan Biswas, listed his affiliation … Continue reading Ethics journal retracts paper by high school student for AI, peer review manipulation",
      "authors": "Avery Orrall",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "bias-fairness,healthcare,children-education,biotech",
      "published_at": "2026-07-06T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2633"
    },
    {
      "id": 2636,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/04/weekend-reads-taylor-swift-teaches-botany-nejm-retracts-key-study-in-amgen-drug-hidden-prompts-at-conference-snare-ai-peer-reviews",
      "title": "Weekend reads: Taylor Swift teaches botany; NEJM retracts key study in Amgen drug; hidden prompts at conference ‘snare AI peer reviews’",
      "summary": "If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: In case you missed the news, the Hijacked Journal Checker now has more than 450 entries. The Retraction Watch Database has over 65,000 retractions. Our list of COVID-19 retractions … Continue reading Weekend reads: Taylor Swift teaches botany; NEJM retracts key study in Amgen drug; hidden prompts at conference ‘snare AI peer reviews’",
      "authors": "Retraction Watch Staff",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare",
      "published_at": "2026-07-04T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2636"
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}