{"id":276904,"date":"2025-10-04T10:28:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T10:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/276904\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T10:28:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T10:28:19","slug":"science-publishing-a-hot-mess-ai-microscopy-indistinguishable-from-real-social-media-as-a-bellwether-for-retractions-retraction-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/276904\/","title":{"rendered":"Science publishing a \u2018hot mess\u2019; AI microscopy \u2018indistinguishable\u2019 from real; social media as a bellwether for retractions \u2013 Retraction Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear RW readers, can you spare $25<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The week at Retraction Watch featured:<\/p>\n

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up past 500<\/a>. There are more than 60,000 retractions in The Retraction Watch Database<\/a> \u2014 which is now part of Crossref<\/a>. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains more than 300 titles<\/a>. And have you seen our leaderboard of authors with the most retractions lately<\/a> \u2014 or our list of top 10 most highly cited retracted papers<\/a>? What about The Retraction Watch Mass Resignations List<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):<\/p>\n

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