Headline News

Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures

Fake studies have flooded the publishers of top scientific journals leading to thousands of retractions and millions of dollars in lost revenue. The biggest hit has come to Wiley, a 217-year-old publisher based in Hoboken, N.J., which Tuesday will announce that it is closing 19 journals, some of which were infected by large-scale research fraud. In the past two years, Wiley has retracted more than 11,300 papers that appeared compromised, according to a spokesperson, and closed four journals. It isn’t alone: At least two other publishers have retracted hundreds of suspect papers each. Several others have pulled smaller clusters of bad papers.
Read Full Article

More news from NAICU

  • The Revamped Carnegie Classifications Are Out. See Which Colleges Entered the New ‘Research’ Category.
  • Ending the Research 1 ‘Arms Race’
  • House Budget Draft Calls for $330 Billion in Cuts for Higher Ed
  • Linda McMahon Faces Confirmation Hearing for Education Secretary
  • Research Universities Are Poised to Lose Billions Under Trump’s Sudden Cut
  • ‘Shortsighted’ and ‘Dangerous’: Colleges Warn of Budget Cuts After NIH Slashes Medical Research Funding
  • Back to Article Overview