Controversial CRISPR paper earns second editorial note
Against the authors’ objections, Nature Methods has added an expression of concern to a 2017 paper that drew fire for suggesting a common gene editing technique could cause widespread collateral damage...
View Article“The data have spoken:” Controversial NgAgo gene editing study retracted
The author of a 2016 paper describing a potentially invaluable lab tool has retracted it, following heavy criticism from outside groups that could not reproduce the findings. The paper had already been...
View ArticleWhat should a journal do when a scientist who committed misconduct submits a...
In December of last year, Chris Surridge found himself in a situation not uncommon to journal editors: A researcher who had been found to have committed misconduct had submitted a manuscript to the...
View Article“Devastating:” Authors retract paper in Nature journal upon discovering error
Several years ago, Chris Dames thought he had made an exciting discovery, a “secret sauce” that would allow him to design a device using a novel mechanism. In a 2014 Nature Communications paper,...
View ArticleNature tags glacier paper with note of concern due to data mix-up
Nature has tagged a recent paper on the importance of glacial melt to water supply in Asia with an expression of concern (EoC), after receiving a tip that the author had misused some data. The EoC for...
View ArticleNature adds alert to heavily debated paper about gene editing
Nature has added an “editor’s note” to a high-profile August paper alerting readers to the fact that the article has been subject to criticism. Journals often flag papers that are being debated —...
View ArticleBoard member resigns from journal over handling of paper accused of plagiarism
A biologist is crying foul at a journal’s decision to correct (and not retract) a paper he claims plagiarized his work — and one of his colleagues has resigned from the journal’s editorial board as a...
View ArticleAre rich people meaner? While trying to find out, two teams find errors in...
Is having money linked to bad behavior? A high profile paper published in 2012 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) set out to answer that question — and found that yes, the...
View Article21 faculty at Johns Hopkins threaten to resign from board if journal doesn’t...
More than 20 faculty members at Johns Hopkins University have signed a letter to Scientific Reports saying they will resign from the editorial board if the journal doesn’t retract a 2016 paper. The...
View Article“My dog ate the data:” Eight excuses journal editors hear
As a journal editor, are you tired of hearing the same excuses from authors who are facing allegations of problematic data? If so, you’re not alone. Recently, an editor of the journal Oncogene...
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