Article archive / September 1, 2011
Originally published: . Volume 3, No. 1. Source pages: 15.
A Wall Street Journal article by Gautam Naik reported that retractions related to fraud increased “sevenfold between 2004 and 2009.” In data compiled by Thomson Reuters for the WSJ report, the author said that while the number of articles published between 2001 and 2010 has increased by 44 percent, the retraction notices worldwide have increased by 15 times that.
The report pointed to better detection of errors and also the more competitive scientific environment, as the reasons for the dramatic increase in retractions. The article quoted the Lancet’s editor: "The stakes are so high," said the Lancet's editor, Richard Horton. "A single paper in Lancet and you get your chair and you get your money. It's your passport to success."
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