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Blog covering scientific paper retractions
Retraction Watch is a blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers and on related topics. The blog was launched in August 2010 and is produced
Retraction_Watch
Withdrawing an academic paper as incorrect
retraction of scientific publications. Retraction Watch provides updates on new retractions, and discusses general issues in relation to retractions.
Retraction in academic publishing
Retraction_in_academic_publishing
Italian physician (born 1958)
report concludes". Science. doi:10.1126/science.aar3612. "Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. The Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 31 October
Paolo_Macchiarini
American medical researcher and journalist
American physician and journalist. He co-founded the blog Retraction Watch in 2010 to document retractions in academic publishing and has since campaigned for
Ivan_Oransky
sue Retraction Watch". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 3 October 2022. "The Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. The
List of scientific misconduct incidents
List_of_scientific_misconduct_incidents
Academic journal
(10 June 2016). "Author denies accusations of blatant duplication". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 2 September 2019. Samie, Nima; Muniandy, Sekaran; Kanthimathi
Scientific_Reports
Scientific journal publisher
likely paper mill articles after investigation published by Retraction Watch". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 15 March 2021. Milojević, Marko; Urbański, Mariusz;
MDPI
Academic journal
Department of Anatomy & Human Sciences at King's College London. In 2026, Retraction Watch published an investigation into the International Journal of Surgery
International Journal of Surgery
International_Journal_of_Surgery
Cancer scientist accused of misconduct and fraud
Potti retraction record so far". Retraction Watch. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2018. "Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. The Center
Anil_Potti
German anesthesiologist known for research misconduct
author - Retraction Watch". Retraction Watch. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-23. "The Retraction Watch Leaderboard - Retraction Watch". Retraction Watch. 2026-05-05
Joachim_Boldt
Academic journal
"Clarivate removes hold on mega-journal Heliyon after internal audit, 650+ retractions". Retraction Watch. Retrieved August 8, 2026. Official website
Heliyon
American consumer behavior researcher
papers by food marketing researcher Brian Wansink". Retraction Watch. September 19, 2018. "Retraction Watch Database: Wansink". Retrieved March 18, 2018. "Retract
Brian_Wansink
American behavioral ecologist
Fraud". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2020. "Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 2024-10-01
Jonathan_Pruitt
American physician (born 1956)
October 8, 2019. "Nobel prize-winner tallies two more retractions, bringing total to 13". Retraction Watch. September 13, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2024
Gregg_L._Semenza
Open access general medical journal with post-publication peer review
(LMU Munich). According to Retraction Watch, the journal has a controversial reputation, in part because of many retractions, including a paper authored
Cureus
Netherlands-based global professional services company
changes citation, registration policies following Retraction Watch investigation". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 2 July 2026. Mary H. Munroe (2004). "Wolters
Wolters_Kluwer
Italian–American professor of medicine
PMID 36306794. "Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. The Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 2024-09-02. "Retraction count for Italian
Carlo_M._Croce
Japanese anesthesiologist accused of scientific misconduct
According to Retraction Watch, Fujii has the second most retractions of scientific papers by a single author. He was at the top of Retraction Watch's leaderboard
Yoshitaka_Fujii
Indian-American biochemist
Retraction Watch". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 2022-10-03. "Retraction Watch Database – Bharat Aggarwal". Retraction
Bharat_Aggarwal
Scientific misconduct scandal
(Retracted, see doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.289902, PMID 12557900, Retraction Watch) On February 24, 2003, Applied Physics Letters withdrew four articles
Schön_scandal
French biology researcher (born 1952)
violations". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 10 January 2024. "Retraction Watch Database". The Retraction Watch Database. Crossref
Didier_Raoult
Psychological heuristic
1108/JPBM-01-2015-0802, Retraction Watch) http://retractionwatch.com/2017/07/11/notices-appear-embattled-cornell-food-researcher/ Retraction Watch|http://retractionwatch
Peak–end_rule
French neuroscientist (born 1974)
authors except Lesné – agreed to retract the paper which, according to Retraction Watch, makes it the second most highly cited paper ever retracted. Responses
Sylvain_Lesné
Scientific and medical journal publisher
Richard Poynder considered this incident anomalous in and of itself, and Retraction Watch has noted that Hindawi's sanctions for authors who manipulate citations
Hindawi_(publisher)
British sociologist (born 1985)
story on plagiarism allegations after Cambridge prof hired law firm". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 28 July 2026. "I was reported to police over the Arday case
Jason_Arday
Protein produced by artificial modification of vitamin D-binding protein
1002/ijc.29014, PMID 25180398, Retraction Watch) Yamamoto, N.; Suyama, H.; Nakazato, H.; Yamamoto, N.; Koga, Y. (2014). "Retraction Note to: Immunotherapy of
GcMAF
Academic journal
PMID 31720286, Retraction Watch) Chawla, Dalmeet Singh (2016-11-28). "Study linking vaccines to autism pulled following heavy criticism". Retraction Watch. Retrieved
Frontiers_in_Public_Health
Branded fitness regimen
PMID 31106222. "CrossFit demands retraction of paper claiming their participants are more likely to be injured". Retraction Watch. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28
CrossFit
Scientific review website
high-profile papers, in some cases leading to retractions and to accusations of scientific fraud, as noted by Retraction Watch. Contrary to most platforms, it allows
PubPeer
Dutch social psychologist and research fraudster (born 1966)
1202-a, PMID 22144595, Retraction Watch) Callaway, Ewen (1 December 2011). "Dutch psychology fraudster issues first retraction". Nature News Blog. Retrieved
Diederik_Stapel
Principal curcuminoid of turmeric
Notice: Researcher who once threatened to sue Retraction Watch now up to 19 retractions". Retraction Watch. April 10, 2018. Ackerman T (March 2, 2016).
Curcumin
Academic journal
online press' and social media for misinterpretation in retraction letter". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 7 December 2020. Schelp, Diogo (January 7, 2021)
Science of the Total Environment
Science_of_the_Total_Environment
Danish physician and former neuroscientist
retracted". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 24 September 2020. "Retractions by Milena Penkowa". RetractionWatch. Retrieved
Milena_Penkowa
American multinational publishing company
publisher's decision to make the journal entirely open access. According to Retraction Watch, Wiley sometimes removes articles from their journals' websites without
Wiley_(publisher)
Chinese neuroscientist
published in the journal Nature was followed by an investigation from Retraction Watch, which published its report in Science. It was revealed that Qiu had
Qiu_Zilong
Medical university in Stockholm, Sweden
Macchiarini not guilty of misconduct, per one Karolinska investigation". Retraction Watch. 14 April 2015. Vogel, Gretchen (19 May 2015). "Report finds trachea
Karolinska_Institute
Violation of codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in scientific research
retractions in 2022 was nearly 5,500, but Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus, co-founders of Retraction Watch, estimate that at least 100,000 retractions should
Scientific_misconduct
Medical condition
gene-editing trial was never made public". Science. Collaboration with Retraction Watch. American Association for the Advancement of Science. doi:10.1126/science
Snijders Blok–Campeau syndrome
Snijders_Blok–Campeau_syndrome
Peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal that covers heritage science
The New Indian Express. The journal has been discussed positively by Retraction Watch. The journal is abstracted and indexed in relevant scientific databases
Heritage_(journal)
Disorders of the muscles and joints connecting the jaw to the skull
(Retracted, see doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002970.pub2, PMID 24105378, Retraction Watch) Joseph Rios (22 February 2017). Robert A. Egan (ed.). "Temporomandibular
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Temporomandibular_joint_dysfunction
Open-source reference management software
Chrome connectors. In June 2019, as the result of a collaboration with Retraction Watch, Zotero started flagging retracted publications in its app, and warns
Zotero
Academic journal
alleging excessive workload and insufficient compensation. At the time, Retraction Watch said the journal was "regarded as the leader in its field". The journal
Aging_Cell
American global multi-level marketing company
PMID 32025170, Retraction Watch) Anand, Rishi (October 17, 2019). "Legal demand from DSK Legal based in New Delhi" (PDF). Retraction Watch. Archived (PDF)
Herbalife
Image-generating machine learning model
ISSN 2296-634X. (Retracted, see doi:10.3389/fcell.2024.1386861, Retraction Watch) Schultz, Isaac (February 15, 2024). "'Rat Dck' Among Gibberish AI
Midjourney
Swiss academic publisher of open access journals
PMID 27453892, Retraction Watch) "Chief specialty editor resigns from Frontiers in wake of controversial retraction". Retraction Watch. 9 April 2014.
Frontiers_Media
German economist
techfore.2013.04.002, Retraction Watch) "Ulrich Lichtenthaler retraction count rises to 16 - Retraction Watch". Retraction Watch. 2014-06-16. Retrieved
Ulrich_Lichtenthaler
Fraudulent business model for scientific publications
October 2016. Retraction Watch (22 November 2017). "US court issues injunction against OMICS to stop 'deceptive practices'". Retraction Watch. Archived from
Predatory_publishing
Canadian endocrinologist
in first, reveals her name". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 3 March 2021. Singh Chawla D (11 August 2016). "Second retraction for bone researcher with lifetime
Sophie_Jamal
Traditional Chinese medicine formulation used for the treatment of influenza
undisclosed funding from Yiling Pharmaceuticals, forcing an erratum. Retraction Watch also notes that author Jia Zheng-hua is the son-in-law of Wu Yi-ling
Lianhua_Qingwen
PMID 38234576, Retraction Watch) Kincaid, Ellie (2023-12-06). "Wiley to stop using "Hindawi" name amid $18 million revenue decline". Retraction Watch. Retrieved
Amirhossein_Sahebkar
German parapsychologist
on COVID-19 vaccines retracted as mask study comes under scrutiny". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 2021-07-07. Buhre, Jakob
Harald_Walach
American agribusiness corporation (1901–2018)
PMID 10854122. (Retracted, see doi:10.1016/j.yrtph.2025.106006, Retraction Watch) Foucart, Stéphane (December 3, 2025). "Influential study on glyphosate
Monsanto
Personality hypothesis which describes two contrasting personality types
has an expression of concern, see doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.109855, Retraction Watch) Grossarth-Maticek R.; Eysenck H. J. (1991). "Creative Novation Behaviour
Type A and Type B personality theory
Type_A_and_Type_B_personality_theory
Exceptional Tyrannosaurus rex fossil
PMID 15306807. (Erratum: doi:10.1038/nature16487, PMID 26675726, Retraction Watch. If the erratum has been checked and does not affect the cited material
Sue_(dinosaur)
Peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal
(Retracted, see doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60175-4, PMID 20137807, Retraction Watch) Wolfe-Simon, Felisa; Blum, Jodi Switzer; Kulp, Thomas R.; Gordon,
PLOS_One
Species of flowering plant
March 2016). "Sample tampering leads to plant scientist's 7th retraction". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 29 November 2020. Perry, L. G., G. C. Thelen, W.
Centaurea_stoebe
American physician
treatment paper by Pierre Kory retracted for flawed results". Retraction Watch. "Retraction Notice". Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 39 (6): NP1. November
Pierre_Kory
Academic journal
journal that publishes articles addressing the foundations of language. Retraction Watch has referred to it as a "fake journal", alleging that many of its publications
Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations
Linguistic_and_Philosophical_Investigations
Fringe hypothesis about a North American comet impact
2023). "Journal investigating Sodom comet paper for data problems". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 23 November 2024. Bunch, Ted E.; LeCompte, Malcolm A.; Adedeji
Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
Younger_Dryas_impact_hypothesis
American Koreanist (born 1962)
Columbia, loses paper for plagiarism". Retraction Watch. Retrieved February 23, 2020. "Statement of Retraction: '"Fraternal Socialism": The International
Charles_K._Armstrong
Italian professor and engineer
ISSN 1573-9325. (Retracted, see doi:10.1007/s11223-017-9884-2, Retraction Watch) Mohammadi, H.; Salavati, H.; Alizadeh, Y.; Abdullah, A.; Berto, Filippo
Filippo_Berto
Canadian psychologist and author (1943–2012)
based on racist ideas and agenda"". Retraction Watch. 29 December 2020. "Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity.
J._Philippe_Rushton
2011 book by Daniel Kahneman
faith in underpowered studies:" Nobel Prize winner admits mistakes". Retraction Watch. Retrieved April 30, 2019. Engber, Daniel (December 21, 2016). "How
Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow
Sri Lankan condensed matter physicist
1038/d41586-023-03398-4. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 37935863. "Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. Crossref. Retrieved October 3, 2025. Chant, Tim De (March
Ranga_P._Dias
American physician and researcher
from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-04. "Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 2023-04-04
Andrew_J._Dannenberg
Discredited American biochemist
(Retracted, see doi:10.1126/science.334.6063.1636-a, PMID 22194552, Retraction Watch) Sam Kean (January 15, 2010). "An Indefatigable Debate Over Chronic
Judy_Mikovits
Academic journal
pattern of "inappropriate and compromised peer review" was uncovered. Retraction Watch noted that the journal had retracted 16 articles in the preceding year
Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics
Cell_Biochemistry_and_Biophysics
English physicist, writer and broadcaster (born 1946)
the original Science article first describing GFAJ-1, the website Retraction Watch argued that the original article should be retracted because of misrepresentation
Paul_Davies
Israeli-Canadian pharmacologist and folk musician
drug-testing program". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-02. "Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. The Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 2022-07-10
Gideon_Koren
Lifespan of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender populations
cuts 12 years off gay lives retracted". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 2023-10-23. The reason for the retraction is that the authors discovered an error
LGBTQ_life_expectancy
Academic publisher
Nature geosciences journal retracts 44 articles filled with gibberish". Retraction Watch. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September
Springer_Nature
American COVID contrarian and former cardiologist (born 1962)
(Retracted, see doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112115, PMID 39120477, Retraction Watch) McDonald, Jessica (July 5, 2024). "Flawed Autopsy 'Review' Revives
Peter_A._McCullough
Clade of reptiles
S2CID 4319534. (Erratum: doi:10.1038/nature16488, PMID 26675731, Retraction Watch) Erickson, G.; Makovicky, P.; Currie, P.; Norell, M.A.; Yerby, S.A
Dinosaur
Archaeological site in Jordan
PMID 34545151. (Retracted, see doi:10.1038/s41598-025-99265-5, PMID 40275027, Retraction Watch) "Scientists & Members". Comet Research Group. 10 September 2016. Retrieved
Tell_el-Hammam
Academic journal
100 studies from cancer journal over fake peer reviews - Retraction Watch". Retraction Watch. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-12-15. Huang, Echo (2017-05-04)
Tumor_Biology
Predatory journal that impersonates an academic journal
(19 November 2015). "Can journals get hijacked? Apparently, yes". Retraction Watch. Danevska, Lenche; Spiroski, Mirko; Donev, Doncho; Pop-Jordanova, Nada;
Journal_hijacking
Whistleblower pseudonym
In a Lab Times editorial, Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky, who run the Retraction Watch blog, argue that journal editors "should stop ignoring anonymous whistle-blowers"
Clare Francis (science critic)
Clare_Francis_(science_critic)
British former doctor (born 1956)
(Retracted, see doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60175-4, PMID 20137807, Retraction Watch) Wakefield AJ, Ekbom A, Dhillon AP, Pittilo RM, Pounder RE (March 1995)
Andrew_Wakefield
Medical researcher
Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 2021-10-05. "Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 2021-10-05
Dipak_K._Das
American geomicrobiologist
Science article first describing GFAJ-1, David Sanders on the website Retraction Watch argued that the original article should be retracted because of misrepresentation
Felisa_Wolfe-Simon
Indian hepatologist
sues critic for defamation, spurring removal of accepted abstract". Retraction Watch. 18 July 2024. "Liver Doctor vs Liv52 maker Himalaya: Science, beliefs
Cyriac_Abby_Philips
Austrian physician and researcher
science self-correcting? Peer review's emotional burden; retractions at Science". Retraction Watch. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2025. "Weekend reads:
Christian_J._Wiedermann
Fraudulent scientific article
faith; once he found out, he firmly retracted the article. Details at Retraction Watch. LaCour, Michael J.; Green, Donald P. (2014). "When contact changes
When_Contact_Changes_Minds
Online biomedical database
February 2018. "PubMed shuts down its comments feature, PubMed Commons". Retraction Watch. 2 February 2018. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved
PubMed
Academic journal
2023-01-06. "Widely used U.S. government database delists cancer journal". Retraction Watch. October 25, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017. Zimmer, Katarina (October
Oncotarget
Internet platform for data science competitions
Kaggle is under investigation in Scientific Reports. An article in Retraction Watch "‘Comically bad’ datasets used to train clinical models for stroke
Kaggle
Academic journal
commentary on talc for undisclosed industry ties". RetractionWatch. Retrieved 26 June 2026. "Retraction: Cosmetic talc powder". The Lancet. 407 (10536):
The_Lancet
Academic journal
(2020). "The Stewart Retractions: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis". Econ Journal Watch. 17 (1): 152–190. "Retraction Watch". "Termination letter"
Econ_Journal_Watch
Production of biochemicals which affect the growth of other organisms
March 2016). "Sample tampering leads to plant scientist's 7th retraction". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 29 November 2020. Science, A. A. for the A. of. 2010
Allelopathy
Autoimmune disease resulting in skeletal muscle weakness
PMID 27509100. (Erratum: doi:10.1056/NEJMx170003, PMID 28471717, Retraction Watch) Cup EH, Pieterse AJ, Ten Broek-Pastoor JM, Munneke M, van Engelen
Myasthenia_gravis
Japanese stem-cell researcher
S2CID 4463394. (Retracted, see doi:10.1038/nature13598, PMID 24990753, Retraction Watch) Obokata, Haruko; Sasai, Yoshiki; Niwa, Hitoshi; Vacanti, Charles A
Haruko_Obokata
French biologist (born 1973)
honoured". ethlife.ethz.ch. "Voinnet Lab". google.com. "Retraction Watch Database - Voinnet". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 2022-06-30
Olivier_Voinnet
Academic journal
PMID 29368909, Retraction Watch) "Publisher responds to public health journal editorial board's "grave concerns"". Retraction Watch. 2017-05-12. Retrieved
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
International_Journal_of_Occupational_and_Environmental_Health
American mathematician and politician (born 1977)
"Journal retracts paper by state senator (and former mathematician)". Retraction Watch. February 13, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2018. "'False' results in retracted
Daniel_Biss
Russian-American scientist (born 1957)
S2CID 84186554. (Retracted, see doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03656-3, PMID 34234342, Retraction Watch) (Article retracted on July 7, 2021) Explaining the rise of moralizing
Peter_Turchin
Controversy surrounding a hypothesized medical condition
PMID 30114286. (Erratum: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0214157, PMID 30889220, Retraction Watch) "Foundations of the Contemporary Anti-LGBTQ+ Pseudoscience Network"
Rapid-onset gender dysphoria controversy
Rapid-onset_gender_dysphoria_controversy
Isotope geochemist
Science article first describing GFAJ-1, David Sanders on the website Retraction Watch argued that the original article should be retracted because of misrepresentation
Ariel_Anbar
Application of respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior
an expression of concern, see doi:10.1002/jaba.781, PMID 33084123, Retraction Watch) Cooper JO, Heron TE, Heward WL (2019). Applied behavior analysis (Third ed
Applied_behavior_analysis
Strain of bacteria
"Despite refutation, Science arsenic life paper deserves retraction, scientist argues". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 9 July 2012. Sanders, David (21 January
GFAJ-1
Russian paper mill
The company was exposed by scientific misconduct tracking website Retraction Watch in 2019. In 2022, a report on arXiv was covered by Science Magazine
International_Publisher_Ltd.
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