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Iranian mathematicians latest to have papers retracted for fake email...
It’s tempting to start calling this a trend. Three Elsevier math journals are among the latest scientific publications to be retracting papers because fake email addresses were used to obtain favorable...
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Elsevier editorial system hacked, reviews faked, 11 retractions follow
For several months now, we’ve been reporting on variations on a theme: Authors submitting fake email addresses for potential peer reviewers, to ensure positive reviews. In August, for example, we broke...
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Oops: Math journal retracts paper accepted by “accidental administrative error”
Math journal editors can add — but they can also subtract. That’s what happened to a 2012 paper in the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (JMAA), “On the fractional Ostrowski inequality...
View ArticleIranian mathematicians latest to have papers retracted for fake email...
It’s tempting to start calling this a trend. Three Elsevier math journals are among the latest scientific publications to be retracting papers because fake email addresses were used to obtain favorable...
View ArticleElsevier editorial system hacked, reviews faked, 11 retractions follow
For several months now, we’ve been reporting on variations on a theme: Authors submitting fake email addresses for potential peer reviewers, to ensure positive reviews. In August, for example, we broke...
View ArticleOops: Math journal retracts paper accepted by “accidental administrative error”
Math journal editors can add — but they can also subtract. That’s what happened to a 2012 paper in the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (JMAA), “On the fractional Ostrowski inequality...
View ArticleHonest errors take down math paper
An incorrect proof has felled a math paper. There’s not too much to say in a straightforward situation like this one, which we’ve seen before — the result of honest errors, not any malfeasance. Here’s...
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