Research Integrity & Misconduct
Retractions & Corrections
Individual and mass retractions, expressions of concern, and corrections to the published record — what triggered them, how the publisher handled them, and what the retraction notice actually says, which frequently differs from how it is reported elsewhere.
Coverage (13)
- BMJ Public Health Retracts Mostert COVID-19 Vaccine Paper, Two Years After First Flagging It
BMJ Public Health retracted Saskia Mostert’s COVID-19 vaccine mortality paper on Aug. 11, 2026, roughly two years after first flagging it — after the paper was cited in a June 2026 Senate hearing whil…
- Bangladesh’s 325-Paper Retraction Wave: Institutions, Named Researchers, and What’s Driving It
A Prothom Alo investigation counted 325 papers linked to Bangladeshi institutions retracted between 2019 and June 2026 — plus named researchers with double-digit counts, a former vice-chancellor’s pap…
- IMPACC Cohort: Anellovirus, Not EBV, Tracks Long COVID Disability
A 1,154-patient IMPACC cohort study found anellovirus reactivation, not EBV, tracks long-term disability in long COVID — and revises what EBV reactivation actually signals.…
- A Psychedelic-Therapy Paper Has Sat Under an Expression of Concern Since March. Sage Still Hasn’t Decided.
Sage issued an Expression of Concern on a 2021 Journal of Humanistic Psychology paper on 12 March 2026, more than a year after a retraction request. As of August 2026 no final decision has been announ…
- A Bad Dataset Came Down for Copyright, Not for Being Wrong
Kaggle removed a flawed stroke-detection dataset in July 2026 after a copyright complaint — five months after a research-integrity complaint about the same data went nowhere. Three Scientific Reports …
- HHS Presses a Publisher Over an Expression of Concern: The Sage Open Medicine Letter
HHS Secretary Kennedy has given Sage Open Medicine until Aug. 15, 2026 to justify a May expression of concern, citing COPE notice-transparency rules. Verified timeline and open questions.…
- Thirty Flagged Papers, Four Retractions: An Anaesthesiology Network Under Scrutiny
Of 30 papers flagged on PubPeer, four by Reyhan Polat and one by Julide Ergil are now retracted. ESAIC is due to report on its Ergil review by 31 August 2026.…
- 401 US Patents Cite Retracted Papers, New Analysis Finds
A July 2026 SSRN preprint by KAIST researcher Hana Kim finds 401 granted US patents cite retracted scientific papers, and that an audit of a high-impact subset found substantial reliance on the retrac…
- COPE’s Retraction Guidelines Now Name AI Non-Disclosure and Paper Mills
COPE’s current retraction guidelines, revised in 2025, explicitly list undisclosed AI-generated content and third-party/paper-mill authorship as grounds for retraction alongside the established criter…
- Wolters Kluwer Retracts 9 China Transplant Papers
Wolters Kluwer retracted nine transplant papers in July 2026 over unresolved organ-sourcing ethics tied to a 2019 scoping review.…
- Walsh Medical Media Demanded EUR499 to Retract a Paper Falsely Attributed to an Impersonated Author
A Walsh Medical Media journal published a commentary under a University at Buffalo researcher’s name without his knowledge, then demanded EUR400, later EUR499, before it would remove the false byline …
- Zurich Clears Aguzzi, Flags 7 Papers for Errors
University of Zurich cleared neuropathologist Adriano Aguzzi of misconduct, but flagged 7 of 36 studies for image errors he must now retract or correct.…
- Retraction Watch Database Surpasses 63,000 Logged Retractions
Retraction Watch’s database has logged over 63,000 retractions. In April 2026 congressional testimony, RW cited a current 0.2% overall retraction rate.…
