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One Small Step for Preprints, One Giant Step Forward for Open Scientific Communications
Thanks to our recent partnership with bioRxiv, PLOS authors will have the choice of posting their submitted manuscript on the bioRxiv preprint server on May 1st. Preprints enable authors to accelerate the dissemination of theirPosted by in bioRxiv, featured, innovation, open access, PLoS, preprints, Publishing, science communication
An Epic Joshua Tree Roadtrip & the Reproductive Ecology of an Iconic Southwest Plant
0000-0002-8715-2896 Think of your most amazing four-state roadtrip. How much data did you collect between stops at Disney Land and the hotel pool? Did you stargaze in the Mojave Desert or were you too exhaustedPLOS Criteria for Recommended Data Repositories
0000-0002-8715-2896 PLOS Criteria for Recommended Data Repositories post-info Post by the PLOS ONE Editors on behalf of the PLOS Data Team Since 2015, the PLOS journals have maintained a list of repositories that we haveUrban Forestry In the Schoolyard: New PLOS ONE Research on Trees and Student Performance
0000-0002-8715-2896 Research into how nature impacts our well-being has shown that being outside makes us feel better. Images of nature alone have been shown to lift people’s mood. But is there any connection with howJournal retracts “hopelessly flawed” paper linking cell phone radiation to pain
A journal is retracting a paper linking radio waves from cell phone towers to pain in amputees, despite objections from the authors. “Anthropogenic Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Elicit Neuropathic Pain in an Amputation Model,” originally published Jan. 16, 2016 in PLOS ONE, suggested that rats with injured nerves experienced pain when exposed to the type of […]
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PLOS ONE retracts two papers one year after author says he okayed the move
PLOS ONE has retracted two 2014 papers from a group of researchers, after an institutional investigation confirmed image duplication. Although the authors initially asked to correct the figures in the two papers, they ultimately agreed with the decision to retract. Mrinal K. Maiti—an associate professor at the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur and corresponding author […]
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Carlo Croce, facing misconduct allegations, accuses former colleague of misconduct
Carlo Croce, a cancer researcher who has faced numerous research misconduct allegations, recently accused a former lab member of misconduct. Although an institutional probe did not support that allegation, Croce’s efforts have led to a retraction. In November 2015, Croce and another cancer researcher at Ohio State University (OSU), Ramiro Garzon, contacted PLOS ONE, alleging […]
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Caught Our Notice: Another retraction for researcher paid $100k to leave uni
When Retraction Watch began in 2010, our co-founders Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus quickly realized they couldn’t keep up with the hundreds of retractions that appeared each year. And the problem has only gotten worse — although we’ve added staff, the number of retractions issued each year has increased dramatically. According to our growing database, just shy of […]
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PLOS ONE retracts paper after researcher admits to fabricating data
On June 19, 2017, the U.S. Office of Research Integrity published its first misconduct finding of the year. The ORI reported that Brandi M. Baughman — a former research training awardee at the National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences (NIEHS) — had “falsified and/or fabricated data” in 11 figures in a 2016 paper published in PLOS […]
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NIH researcher doctored 11 figures in 2016 paper, says ORI
A former Research Training Awardee at the National Institutes of Health “falsified and/or fabricated data” in 11 figures in a 2016 paper, according to the U.S. Office of Research Integrity. This is the first finding of misconduct issued this year by the ORI. According to the finding, published in the Federal Register, Brandi M. Baughman — formerly […]
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