scientific integrity and transparency under scrutiny: lessons from retraction watch
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Scientific Integrity and Transparency Under Scrutiny:
Lessons from Retraction Watch
3rd World Conference on Research IntegrityMontreal
May 7, 2013
Ivan OranskyCo-founder, Retraction Watch
http://retractionwatch.com@ivanoransky
Always Another Story…
Most Retractions Due to Misconduct
PNAS online October 1, 2012
How Long Do Retractions Take?
How Long Do Retractions Take?
How Long Do Retractions Take?
How Long Do Retractions Take?
What Happens to Retracted Papers’ Citations?
-Assn of College & Research Libraries 2011
What Happens to Retracted Papers’ Citations?
Budd et al, 1999: • Retracted articles received more than 2,000 post-
retraction citations; less than 8% of citations acknowledged the retraction
• Preliminary study of the present data shows that continued citation remains a problem
• Of 391 citations analyzed, only 6% acknowledge the retraction
What Happens to Retracted Papers’ Citations?
What Happens to Retracted Papers’ Citations?
“…annual citations of an article drop by 65% following retraction, controlling for article age and calendar year. In the years prior to retraction, there is no such decline, implying that retractions are unanticipated by the scientific community.”
Do Journals Get the Word Out?
Do Journals Get the Word Out?
“Journals often fail to alert the naïve reader; 31.8% of retracted papers were not noted as retracted in any way.”
Do Journals Get the Word Out?
How the Naïve Reader is Alerted to Retractions
Where retraction noted Retracted papers, n (%)
Watermark on pdf 305 (41.1)
Journal website 248 (33.4)
Not noted anywhere 236 (31.8)
Note appended to pdf 128 (17.3)
pdf deleted from website 98 (13.2)
The Euphemisms
“unattributed overlap”
The Euphemisms
“unattributed overlap”an “approach”
The Euphemisms
“unattributed overlap”an “approach”“a duplicate of a paper that has already been
published”…by other authors
The Euphemisms
“unattributed overlap”an “approach”“a duplicate of a paper that has already been
published”…by other authors“significant originality issue”
The Euphemisms
“unattributed overlap”an “approach”“a duplicate of a paper that has already been
published”…by other authors“significant originality issue”“Some sentences…are directly taken from other
papers, which could be viewed as a form of plagiarism”
Puzzling Policies
Puzzling Policies
Trend: Mega-Corrections
Trend: Mega-CorrectionsIn this Letter we made errors in representative image choice, including mislabelling of images or choosing an image from the inappropriate genotype. In all cases, choice of images was completely independent of the data analysis and so none of the conclusions in our original Letter are affected. We apologise for any confusion these errors may have caused.
Trend: Mega-CorrectionsIn this Letter we made errors in representative image choice, including mislabelling of images or choosing an image from the inappropriate genotype. In all cases, choice of images was completely independent of the data analysis and so none of the conclusions in our original Letter are affected. We apologise for any confusion these errors may have caused.
Figure 1a depicts a Tbr1 staining of the adult mouse cortex for four different genotypes. In the process of choosing representative pictures that reflect the results of our analysis shown in Fig. 1b, cropped images from original pictures were inadvertently mislabelled and used incorrectly. We provide below a corrected version of Fig. 1a with new representative images for the following genotypes: WT and Reln1/1;Efnb32/2. A new high-magnification picture for WT is also shown in the two rightmost panels. Original images for every genotype and additional examples are shown in the Supplementary Information of this Corrigendum.
Figure 1a depicts a Tbr1 staining of the adult mouse cortex for four different genotypes. In the process of choosing representative pictures that reflect the results of our analysis shown in Fig. 1b, cropped images from original pictures were inadvertently mislabelled and used incorrectly. We provide below a corrected version of Fig. 1a with new representative images for the following genotypes: WT and Reln1/1;Efnb32/2. A new high-magnification picture for WT is also shown in the two rightmost panels. Original images for every genotype and additional examples are shown in the Supplementary Information of this Corrigendum.
Trend: Mega-CorrectionsIn this Letter we made errors in representative image choice, including mislabelling of images or choosing an image from the inappropriate genotype. In all cases, choice of images was completely independent of the data analysis and so none of the conclusions in our original Letter are affected. We apologise for any confusion these errors may have caused.
Figure 1a depicts a Tbr1 staining of the adult mouse cortex for four different genotypes. In the process of choosing representative pictures that reflect the results of our analysis shown in Fig. 1b, cropped images from original pictures were inadvertently mislabelled and used incorrectly. We provide below a corrected version of Fig. 1a with new representative images for the following genotypes: WT and Reln1/1;Efnb32/2. A new high-magnification picture for WT is also shown in the two rightmost panels. Original images for every genotype and additional examples are shown in the Supplementary Information of this Corrigendum.
Figure 1a depicts a Tbr1 staining of the adult mouse cortex for four different genotypes. In the process of choosing representative pictures that reflect the results of our analysis shown in Fig. 1b, cropped images from original pictures were inadvertently mislabelled and used incorrectly. We provide below a corrected version of Fig. 1a with new representative images for the following genotypes: WT and Reln1/1;Efnb32/2. A new high-magnification picture for WT is also shown in the two rightmost panels. Original images for every genotype and additional examples are shown in the Supplementary Information of this Corrigendum.
Figure 1c depicts a Brn1 staining of the E17.5 mouse cortex for five different genotypes. In the process of figure assembly cropped images from original pictures were inadvertently mislabelled and used incorrectly. We provide below a corrected Fig. 1c with a new image for Reln1/1; Efnb3–/–. In the ephrinB3 compound mice (Reln1/2; Efnb32/2) Brn11 cells aberrantly accumulate in the lower layers of the cortex and do not migrate to the upper layers, resembling the Reeler (Reln2/2) phenotype. Original pictures and additional examples are shown in the Supplementary Information of this Corrigendum, where arrows indicate the distribution of Brn11 cells. We have also included results from a new, reproduced experiment recently performed with an additional cohort of animals that shows exactly the same results.
Figure 1c depicts a Brn1 staining of the E17.5 mouse cortex for five different genotypes. In the process of figure assembly cropped images from original pictures were inadvertently mislabelled and used incorrectly. We provide below a corrected Fig. 1c with a new image for Reln1/1; Efnb3–/–. In the ephrinB3 compound mice (Reln1/2; Efnb32/2) Brn11 cells aberrantly accumulate in the lower layers of the cortex and do not migrate to the upper layers, resembling the Reeler (Reln2/2) phenotype. Original pictures and additional examples are shown in the Supplementary Information of this Corrigendum, where arrows indicate the distribution of Brn11 cells. We have also included results from a new, reproduced experiment recently performed with an additional cohort of animals that shows exactly the same results.
Trend: Mega-CorrectionsIn this Letter we made errors in representative image choice, including mislabelling of images or choosing an image from the inappropriate genotype. In all cases, choice of images was completely independent of the data analysis and so none of the conclusions in our original Letter are affected. We apologise for any confusion these errors may have caused.
Figure 1a depicts a Tbr1 staining of the adult mouse cortex for four different genotypes. In the process of choosing representative pictures that reflect the results of our analysis shown in Fig. 1b, cropped images from original pictures were inadvertently mislabelled and used incorrectly. We provide below a corrected version of Fig. 1a with new representative images for the following genotypes: WT and Reln1/1;Efnb32/2. A new high-magnification picture for WT is also shown in the two rightmost panels. Original images for every genotype and additional examples are shown in the Supplementary Information of this Corrigendum.
Figure 1a depicts a Tbr1 staining of the adult mouse cortex for four different genotypes. In the process of choosing representative pictures that reflect the results of our analysis shown in Fig. 1b, cropped images from original pictures were inadvertently mislabelled and used incorrectly. We provide below a corrected version of Fig. 1a with new representative images for the following genotypes: WT and Reln1/1;Efnb32/2. A new high-magnification picture for WT is also shown in the two rightmost panels. Original images for every genotype and additional examples are shown in the Supplementary Information of this Corrigendum.
Figure 1c depicts a Brn1 staining of the E17.5 mouse cortex for five different genotypes. In the process of figure assembly cropped images from original pictures were inadvertently mislabelled and used incorrectly. We provide below a corrected Fig. 1c with a new image for Reln1/1; Efnb3–/–. In the ephrinB3 compound mice (Reln1/2; Efnb32/2) Brn11 cells aberrantly accumulate in the lower layers of the cortex and do not migrate to the upper layers, resembling the Reeler (Reln2/2) phenotype. Original pictures and additional examples are shown in the Supplementary Information of this Corrigendum, where arrows indicate the distribution of Brn11 cells. We have also included results from a new, reproduced experiment recently performed with an additional cohort of animals that shows exactly the same results.
Figure 1c depicts a Brn1 staining of the E17.5 mouse cortex for five different genotypes. In the process of figure assembly cropped images from original pictures were inadvertently mislabelled and used incorrectly. We provide below a corrected Fig. 1c with a new image for Reln1/1; Efnb3–/–. In the ephrinB3 compound mice (Reln1/2; Efnb32/2) Brn11 cells aberrantly accumulate in the lower layers of the cortex and do not migrate to the upper layers, resembling the Reeler (Reln2/2) phenotype. Original pictures and additional examples are shown in the Supplementary Information of this Corrigendum, where arrows indicate the distribution of Brn11 cells. We have also included results from a new, reproduced experiment recently performed with an additional cohort of animals that shows exactly the same results.
In Fig. 1d, the second panel, labelled ‘Reln1/1;Efnb3–/–’ should instead be labelled ‘Reln1/2’. In the Methods summary section ‘Stimulation of neurons’, ‘‘Cortical neurons from E14.5 were grown….’’ should instead read ‘‘Cortical neurons from E15.5 were grown….’’.
(There were mistakes in the supplementary online material, too.)
In Fig. 1d, the second panel, labelled ‘Reln1/1;Efnb3–/–’ should instead be labelled ‘Reln1/2’. In the Methods summary section ‘Stimulation of neurons’, ‘‘Cortical neurons from E14.5 were grown….’’ should instead read ‘‘Cortical neurons from E15.5 were grown….’’.
(There were mistakes in the supplementary online material, too.)
Anonymous Whistleblowers Step Up
http://www.labtimes.org
Blogs Get Aggressive
http://abnormalscienceblog.wordpress.com/
Blogs Get Aggressive
Blogs Get Aggressive
http://md-anderson-cc.blogspot.com
Blogs Get Aggressive
http://www.science-fraud.org/
Journals Are Listening
Journals Are Listening
Journals Are Listening
Journals Are Listening
Contact Info
http://retractionwatch.com
@ivanoransky
Thanks to Nancy Lapid, Reuters Health