Guest post: The CDC hepatitis B study is unethical and must never be published https://retractionwatch.com/2026/02/10/guest-post-cdc-hepatitis-b-study-ethics-must-never-be-published/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Journal tags ‘impossible’ case report with short erratum https://retractionwatch.com/2026/02/09/journal-tags-impossible-case-report-with-short-erratum/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

U.S. ORI’s first finding of 2026: Researcher faked data in grant apps https://retractionwatch.com/2026/02/06/office-research-integrity-2026-ori-finding-researcher-faked-data-grant-applications/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: Largest leucovorin-autism trial retracted; a paper mill detector for cancer research articles; infant opioid poisoning report flagged https://retractionwatch.com/2026/02/07/weekend-reads-largest-leucovorin-autism-trial-retracted-a-paper-mill-detector-for-cancer-research-articles-infant-opioid-poisoning-report-flagged/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Journal silently removes paper for plagiarism, author claims identity theft  https://retractionwatch.com/2026/02/05/journal-silently-removes-paper-for-plagiarism-author-claims-identity-theft/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Lancet flags long-scrutinized report of infant poisoned by opioids in breast milk https://retractionwatch.com/2026/02/04/lancet-flags-long-scrutinized-report-of-infant-poisoned-by-opioids-in-breast-milk/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Spanish court rules researcher plagiarized colleague, orders withdrawal of works   https://retractionwatch.com/2026/02/02/spanish-court-rules-researcher-plagiarized-colleague-orders-withdraw-of-works/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Mega-journal Heliyon retracts hundreds of papers after internal audit  https://retractionwatch.com/2026/02/03/mega-journal-heliyon-retracts-hundreds-of-papers-after-internal-audit/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: Did a researcher ‘Obscure a Baby’s Poisoning?’; ‘Critical social media posts linked to retractions’; arXiv ‘clamps down on AI slop’ https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/31/weekend-reads-new-yorker-researcher-baby-opioid-poisoning-social-media-posts-retractions-arxiv-ai-slop/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Guest post: Forget pickles and ice cream. I published a fake paper on pregnancy cravings for prime numbers https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/30/guest-post-ai-chatgpt-generated-paper-pregnancy-math/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Medical journal publishes a letter on AI with a fake reference to itself https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/28/medical-journal-publishes-a-paper-on-ai-with-a-fake-reference-to-itself/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Journal retracts nearly 150 articles for compromised peer review    https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/29/journal-testing-evaluation-astm-batch-retracted-articles-compromised-peer-review/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Engineering journal plucks poultry paper for plagiarism https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/27/engineering-journal-plucks-poultry-paper-for-plagiarism/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Study is stolen, sold, published. Now the victim is accused of plagiarism https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/26/study-is-stolen-sold-published-now-the-victim-is-accused-of-plagiarism/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Weekend reads: Why 500 retractions per month matter; another EOC for former Stanford president; and an argument for ‘slow science’ https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/24/weekend-reads-why-500-retractions-per-month-matter-another-eoc-for-former-stanford-president-and-an-argument-for-slow-science/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

‘Kicking the can down the road’: Science flags insect meta-analysis based on allegedly buggy database https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/22/kicking-the-can-down-the-road-science-flags-insect-meta-analysis-based-on-allegedly-buggy-database/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Fabricated allegations of image manipulation baffle expert https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/23/fabricated-allegations-of-image-manipulation-baffle-expert/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Lawsuit fails to block retraction of paper claiming to link heart-related deaths to COVID-19 vaccines https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/21/lawsuit-fails-to-block-retraction-of-paper-claiming-to-link-heart-related-deaths-to-covid-19-vaccines/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Fed up, author issues her own retraction after journal ghosts her https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/21/fed-up-author-issues-her-own-retraction-after-journal-ghosts-her/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Corrections, biases, and humility in science: Q&A with Tuan V. Nguyen https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/19/corrections-biases-and-humility-in-science-qa-with-tuan-v-nguyen/ #Science #ScienceCommunications