In this blog, we want to recognise the integrity and courage of several scientists who took the bold step of retracting or correcting their research upon discovering errors. Their commitment to scientific…
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Lisa Clancy In 2005, John Ioannidis, a Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, published a paper titled “Why most published research findings are false,”1 which convincingly demonstrated that “for most study designs…
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Lisa Clancy Retractions are crucial for upholding the integrity of the published record. However, there is surprisingly little standardisation in how they are written, which has serious implications for scientific transparency, public…
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