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Journal bans author for three years after retracting paper with “serious...
An anatomy journal has banned a researcher from submitting papers for three years after determining one of his recently published papers suffered from “serious ethical” issues. According to Jae Seung...
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Caught Our Notice: Doesn’t anyone do a literature review any more?
Via Wikimedia Titles: (1) Whole-Genome De Novo Sequencing of the Lignin-Degrading Wood Rot Fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium (ATCC 20696) (2) Structure revision of aspergicin by the crystal structure...
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Journals retract 30 papers by engineer in South Korea
An engineer in South Korea has lost 30 papers, at least seven of which for duplication and plagiarism. He has also been fired from his university position. Soon-Gi Shin, whose affiliation was listed as...
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When multiple doctors treat a patient, who gets to publish the case report?
Three researchers are fighting over who should get to publish a case report on a pair of unique patients. Yoo-Mi Kim—who was not an author on the paper—claimed that he had diagnosed the patients...
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Researcher in South Korea racks up three retractions and at least 10 corrections
Joohun Ha A professor at Kyung-Hee University in Seoul, South Korea, has retracted three articles and had at least ten corrected, all for image manipulation, duplication, or errors. Joohun Ha’s three...
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“Unjustified authorship” spikes paper by daughter of South Korea official
Cho Kuk Following weeks of scrutiny, the daughter of a high-profile official in South Korea has had a paper she wrote as a high school student retracted, in part because the journal determined she had...
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Hand surgeon in South Korea loses seven papers for “serious misconduct”
via Pixabay A surgery journal has retracted seven papers by a group in South Korea after an institutional investigation found evidence of “intentional, repetitive, and serious misconduct” in the work....
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Hands up! Carpal tunnel expert loses 12th paper for misconduct
via Pixabay You can no longer count on two hands the number of retractions tallied by Young Hak Roh, an orthopedic surgeon at Ewha Womans University in Korea found guilty of “intentional, repetitive,...
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Exclusive: Probe suggests new retraction awaiting embattled Korean heart doctor
Hui-Nam Pak A prominent physician-scientist in South Korea may soon be facing his fourth retraction. Last month, Hui-Nam Pak of Yonsei University was found guilty of duplicate publication, a form of...
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Paper about clergy sexual abuses in South Korean churches retracted over...
A year after writing an article about a movement in South Korea to hold clergymembers accountable for sexual abuse, a theology professor has asked for the paper to be retracted after acknowledging...
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