Retraction notice regarding several articles published in Tumor Biology

The publisher and the Editor-in-Chief, in consultation with former publisher of Tumor Biology, retract a total of 15 articles from the journals’ online catalog. The articles were published in different issues of the journal during the period 2014–2016. All articles affected by this retraction notice have problems related to image manipulation or misuse. A detailed explanation is given for each retracted article. The investigations were carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Retractions in academic publishing - Wikipedia

In academic publishing, a retraction is the action by which a published paper in an academic journal is removed from the journal. Online journals typically remove the retracted article from online access. ***** For archiving purpose only *****

A qualitative and quantitative analysis of open citations to retracted articles: the Wakefield 1998 et al.'s case

In this article, we show the results of a quantitative and qualitative analysis of open citations on a popular and highly cited retracted paper: “Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis and pervasive developmental disorder in children” by Wakefield et al., published in 1998. The main purpose of our study is to understand the behavior of the publications citing one retracted article and the characteristics of the citations the retracted article accumulated over time. Our analysis is based on a methodology which illustrates how we gathered the data, extracted the topics of the citing articles and visualized the results. The data and services used are all open and free to foster the reproducibility of the analysis. The outcomes concerned the analysis of the entities citing Wakefield et al.’s article and their related in-text citations. We observed a constant increasing number of citations in the last 20 years, accompanied with a constant increment in the percentage of those acknowledging its retraction. Citing articles have started either discussing or dealing with the retraction of Wakefield et al.’s article even before its full retraction happened in 2010. Articles in the social sciences domain citing the Wakefield et al.’s one were among those that have mostly discussed its retraction. In addition, when observing the in-text citations, we noticed that a large number of the citations received by Wakefield et al.’s article has focused on general discussions without recalling strictly medical details, especially after the full retraction. Medical studies did not hesitate in acknowledging the retraction of the Wakefield et al.’s article and often provided strong negative statements on it.

Total SciComm: A Strategy for Communicating Open Science

This paper seeks to introduce a strategy of science communication: Total SciComm or all-out science communication. We proposed that to maximize the outreach and impact, scientists should use different media to communicate different aspects of science, from core ideas to methods. The paper uses an example of a debate surrounding a now-retracted article in the Nature journal, in which open data, preprints, social media, and blogs are being used for a meaningful scientific conversation. The case embodied the central idea of Total SciComm: the scientific community employs every medium to communicate scientific ideas and engages all scientists in the process.

Retracted article: Kalyakulin S.Yu., Kuzmin V.V., Mitin E.V., Suldin S.P., Tyurbeeva T.B. Designing the Structure of Technological Processes Based on Synthesis. Vestnik Mordovskogo universiteta = Mordovia University Bulletin. 2018; 28(1):77–84. DOI: 10.15507/0236-2910.028.201801.077-084 (In Russ.)

This article by Sergey Yu. Kalyakulin ([email protected]), Vladimir V. Kuzmin ([email protected]), Eduard V. Mitin ([email protected]), Sergey P. Suldin ([email protected]), Tatyana B. Tyurbeeva ([email protected]) has been retracted (i.e. withdrawn from the press) by the editor with permission of the publisher. The reason for the article retraction is detection of large-scale borrowings from the article: Kuzmin V.V., Maksimovskiy D.E. Choice of Technological Bases on the Basis of the Decision of a Direct Problem of the Dimensional Analysis. Vestnik MGTU STANKIN = MSTU STANKIN Bulletin. 2012; (2):64-69. (In Russ.)

Retracted article: Kalyakulin S.Yu., Kuzmin V.V., Mitin E.V., Suldin S.P., Tyurbeeva T.B. Synthesis of the Structure of Technological Processes. Inzhenerernyye tekhnologii i sistemy = Engineering Technologies and Systems. 2020; 30(2):287-299. DOI: 10.15507/2658-4123.030.202002.287-299 (In Russ.)

This article by Sergey Yu. Kalyakulin ([email protected]), Vladimir V. Kuzmin ([email protected]), Eduard V. Mitin ([email protected]), Sergey P. Suldin ([email protected]), Tatyana B. Tyurbeeva ([email protected]) has been retracted (i.e. withdrawn from the press) by the editor with permission of the publisher. The reason for the article retraction is detection of large-scale borrowings from the book: Kuzmin V.V., Skhirtladze A.G. [Mathematical Modeling of Technological Processes of Assembly and Machining of Mechanical Engineering Products]. Moscow: Higher School Publ.; 2008. 280 p. ISBN: 978-5-06-004837-7 (In Russ.)

Understanding the “Grievance Studies Affair” Papers and Why They Should Be Reinstated: A Response to Geoff Cole

In April, 2020, Dr. Geoff Cole published, “Why the ‘Hoax’ Paper of Baldwin (2018) Should Be Reinstated.” We are the authors of the “Baldwin” paper published in Fat Studies. The paper satirized theoretical ideas within Fat Studies as part of a larger project to demonstrate the lack of rigor in certain theoretical approaches to cultural studies. In this response, we agree with Cole that our project should not be understood as hoaxes and that the retracted article should be reinstated, but defend our methods.