The Retraction Watch Weekly, August 17, 2026
A story about a self-retraction by a Princeton student takes a turn; BMJ Group journal retracts paper on COVID-19 vaccines and mortality; biology journal retracts more than 100 papers
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, August 10, 2026
We turn 16; Ctrl Z awards; composer's physics paper draws criticism; RFK Jr. questions another expression of concern; Clarivate removes hold on Heliyon; anesthesiologists earn retractions; 'gut punch'
The Retraction Watch Weekly, August 3, 2026
Publishers sued in U.S. federal court; story on plagiarism allegations was killed after law firm letter; gene editing death prompts investigation; Kaggle removes problematic stroke dataset
The Retraction Watch Weekly, July 27, 2026
A child dies in a gene therapy trial; publisher investigating alleged bribery scheme; medical student behind busy research factory; economics journal editors resign; breast cancer paper retracted
The Retraction Watch Weekly, July 20, 2026
A student claims to have a PhD; rising star loses eight papers in journal he edited; Joachim Boldt up to 240 retractions; Harvard cancer researchers earn retraction; Cochrane authors 'disappointed'
The Retraction Watch Weekly, July 13, 2026
Max Planck papers reinstated; Splenda lawsuit tossed; stats journal editors resign; high school student loses paper; Sage to retract papers by dismissed rising star
The Retraction Watch Weekly, July 6, 2026
A fake Columbia affiliation; math journal editors leave Wiley; computer science society creates new research integrity role to address backlog; sex pay ban paper earns retraction
The Retraction Watch Weekly, June 29, 2026
Indexing on hold for journals after RW investigation; increasing workload's consequences at a journal; evolutionary biologist earns a new retraction 20 years after a misconduct finding; EoCs for books
The Retraction Watch Weekly, June 22, 2026
RFK Jr. and retractions; a scorned economist outs another rankings-boosting scheme; some Wikipedia citations to retracted papers linger for years; glyphosate safety papers face more scrutiny
The Retraction Watch Weekly, June 15, 2026
Retracted papers cited by Cochrane reviews; researcher's lawsuit against cancer center dismissed; depression treatment study retracted; AI chatbot paper in Science earns expression of concern