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Opinion: The Promise and Plight of Open Data
Open science serves to make the research process more transparent. But we are still waiting to realize the fruits of open-data policies at scientific journals.
Opinion: The Promise and Plight of Open Data
Opinion: The Promise and Plight of Open Data

Open science serves to make the research process more transparent. But we are still waiting to realize the fruits of open-data policies at scientific journals.

Open science serves to make the research process more transparent. But we are still waiting to realize the fruits of open-data policies at scientific journals.

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Disputed Hydroxychloroquine Study Brings Scrutiny to Surgisphere
Catherine Offord | May 30, 2020 | 9 min read
Scientists have raised questions about the dataset published in The Lancet last week that triggered the suspension of clinical trials around the world—and about Surgisphere Corporation, the company behind the study.
AACR Apologizes for Delays in Retracting Papers
Catherine Offord | Sep 5, 2018 | 1 min read
Nine of the most recent retractions from AACR journals are for papers coauthored by embattled cancer researcher Bharat Aggarwal.
Journal Cleans Up Image Archives
Kerry Grens | Jun 12, 2017 | 2 min read
Molecular and Cellular Biology has found numerous errors after launching a retrospective sweep of the figures it’s published in recent years. 
Two More Corrections for Criticized Researchers
Kerry Grens | Sep 22, 2016 | 2 min read
A university investigation has so far found no wrongdoing by the principal investigator.
The Zombie Literature
Bob Grant | May 1, 2016 | 10 min read
Retractions are on the rise. But reams of flawed research papers persist in the scientific literature. Is it time to change the way papers are published?
Three More Coauthors Removed from Macchiarini Paper
Kerry Grens | Apr 1, 2016 | 1 min read
Colleagues of the surgeon under investigation distance themselves from a 2011 The Lancet study.
TS Picks: March 16, 2016
Kerry Grens | Mar 16, 2016 | 2 min read
Corrections give belated credit for immunotherapy; mosquitoes have been bugging us long before Zika; the bright side of irreproducibility 
Macchiarini Coauthor Removed From Paper
Kerry Grens | Mar 7, 2016 | 1 min read
A whistleblower asked to have his named pulled from a study led by the embattled surgeon.
TS Picks: February 11, 2016
Tracy Vence | Feb 11, 2016 | 1 min read
Reproducibility edition
Funding Ban for Plant Biologist
Kerry Grens | Jan 26, 2016 | 1 min read
Olivier Voinnet, who has corrected and retracted several papers, cannot receive Swiss government grants for three years.
Immune-Boosting Protein Study Questioned
Tracy Vence | Dec 23, 2015 | 1 min read
Science adds an editorial expression of concern to an already-corrected study on a protein reported to spur T-cell proliferation in mice.
Self Correction
Kerry Grens | Dec 1, 2015 | 7 min read
What to do when you realize your publication is fatally flawed
Concerns Raised Online Linger
Kate Yandell | Aug 25, 2014 | 3 min read
Users of post-publication peer review forums like PubPeer often question perceived inaccuracies in scientific papers. Are the journals that published those papers paying attention?
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