Retractions in medicine: the tip of the iceberg

In 1983, in the aftermath of what was then considered one of the most significant cases of scientific fraud ever,The New York Times reported that 82 papers by John Darsee, formerly of Harvard and Emory, had been retracted (available athttps://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/14/science/notorious-darsee-case-shakes-assumptions-about-science.html). That idea persisted: ∼30 years later,Nature said that>80 of Darsee ’s papers had been withdrawn.1

Source: European Heart Journal - June 28, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research