Research Integrity: the Experience of a Doubting Thomas
From The Embassy of Good Science
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Research Integrity: the Experience of a Doubting Thomas
What is this about?
The sensational “reactome array” paper published in Science in 2009 was investigated in Spain by the Ethics Committee of Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) after Science issued an editorial expression of concern. The paper was retracted in 2010 because of “skepticism” due to “errors” in chemistry. The “errors” were so profound that many readers expressed doubt that they were really errors, but part of an elaborate hoax.
