Scientific Papers Under Question

Science, Now Under Scrutiny Itself

Benedict Carey | June 15, 2015

The crimes and misdemeanors of science used to be handled mostly in-house, with a private word at the faculty club, barbed questions at a conference, maybe a quiet dismissal. On the rare occasion when a journal publicly retracted a study, it typically did so in a cryptic footnote. Few were the wiser; many retracted studies have been cited as legitimate evidence by others years after the fact.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/03/01/over-100-published-science-journal-articles-just-gibberish/

<more at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/science/retractions-coming-out-from-under-science-rug.html; related links: http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/06/study-claims-1-in-4-cancer-research-papers-contains-faked-data/ (Study claims 1 in 4 cancer research papers contains faked data. A closer look at the results suggests things are bad, but not quite that bad. June 26, 2015) and http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-sale-your-name-here-in-a-prestigious-science-journal/ (For Sale: “Your Name Here” in a Prestigious Science Journal. An investigation into some scientific papers finds worrying irregularities. December 17, 2014; further: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/03/01/over-100-published-science-journal-articles-just-gibberish/ (Over 100 published science journal articles just gibberish)>