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I've certainly seen papers retracted over copyright/IP issues with images or other details. Funnily enough, this doesn't mean the article goes away, just that i
by semi-extrinsic 2y ago
I've certainly seen papers retracted over copyright/IP issues with images or other details. Funnily enough, this doesn't mean the article goes away, just that it gets covered with a "Retracted" watermark.
Retractions are primarily associated with wrongdoing, but are sometimes also issued for "honest mistakes". If so it's typically with a very clear explanation, like in the link below.
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/annotation/7bc3a37e-db82-4813-8242-7d34877125c5 https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/an...
- jhbadger 2y agoAlso, in biomedical research papers can get retracted if they can't show the subjects consented to have their samples (e.g. removed tumors) used in research even if the science itself is sound.