More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 — a new record

2023/12/12 by Richard Van Noorden · 3 voices · 9 citations
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Academic integrity and plagiarism #Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education

paper · doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03974-8

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Discussions

• Some good evidence of the tension b/w the interests of for-profit publishing and academia: [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]
• Vorteil: Glücklicherweise wurden die Artikel zurückgezogen; Nachteil: Viele der Artikel täuschen wissenschaftliche Forschung nur vor, sind also wertlos. doi.org/10.1038/d415... [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
• Van Noorden, R. (2023). More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 — A new record. doi.org/10.1038/d415... [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]