Team in Japan earns third retraction for misconduct

A team of researchers has earned its third retraction after an investigation at Oita University in Japan found instances of misconduct in their research. The most recent notice mentions the investigation, and specifies that the first author, Satoshi Hagiwara, was responsible for the problematic figures in the paper. Hagiwara is also the first author on two retracted papers we reported on last year; one of […]

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Misconduct prompts retraction of prostatectomy paper

A group of urologists in China has lost their 2012 paper in the Journal of Surgical Research because one of the authors was evidently rather naughty. The article, “Is the impact of the extent of lymphadenectomy in radical prostatectomy related to the disease risk? A single center prospective study,” purported to show that: Controversy exists […]