Retraction Watch
Blog covering scientific paper retractions
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| 2025 | Retraction Watch Database expands to contain over 50,000 entries, demonstrating the continued importance of tracking scientific paper retractions. |
| 2023 | Oransky and Marcus co-authored op-eds in Scientific American and The Guardian following Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne's resignation, critiquing the academic community's approach to scientific misconduct. |
| 2022 | Retraction Watch added a new feature to track journal hijacking, collaborating with political scientist Anna Abalkina to develop the Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker, which identifies fraudulent or duplicated academic journal domains using methods like analyzing journal archives and detecting anomalous citations. |
| 2021 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Retraction Watch maintained a separate list of retracted articles that contributed to pandemic misinformation, and conducted research analyzing how retracted papers continue to be cited in scholarly work. |
| January 2021 | More than 50 scientific studies had cited Retraction Watch, demonstrating its growing influence in the scientific publishing community. |
| October 2019 | Retraction Watch Database reached a milestone of 20,000 entries, providing comprehensive documentation of scientific paper retractions. |
| 2015 | Received a $400,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation to fund their retraction database project. |
| 2011 | Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus launched Retraction Watch to increase transparency in scientific paper retractions and highlight the ongoing nature of peer review beyond publication dates. |
| 2010 | In its first year, Retraction Watch reported on approximately 200 retractions, significantly more than the previous estimate of 80 papers retracted annually. |
| August 2010 | Retraction Watch blog was launched by science writers Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus to report on scientific paper retractions and related topics. |
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