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Originally Posted by Pugchief
For those of you who "trust the media", "trust the experts", "trust the science" or "trust the government", or think data is unbiased or even consistently accurate:
Recent evidence indicates the constant pressure to generate data and publish papers may be affecting the quality of research and fueling retractions of research papers.
In the past decade, there have been more than 39,000 retractions, and the annual number of retractions is growing by around 23% each year.
Nearly half the retractions were due to issues related to the authenticity of the data.
Plagiarism was the second most common reason research papers were retracted, accounting for 16% of retractions.
Fake peer review was another reason why research papers were retracted.
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The statement......."The number of retractions is growing by 23% each year" may be misleading. Because the number of submissions MAY be INCREASING each year. And it is likely that they are increasing because as the Article said, " it is a publish or perish environment. Also, I see the idea that there are a lot of retractions as a GOOD, not bad situation. Meaning that the ones that get through the process have a stamp of approval.
......What the US should worry about is Chinese Universities producing MORE quality scientists than US Universities. In the US the "best and brightest" students go into business with a goal of ending up on Wall Street. That happened about 1980. In the 50s, 60s and 70s
the best students went into Science and Engineering.