Technically, sanctions are already applied by federal funders (e.g. multiple-year funding bans) [1]... although in practice retractions don't happen, so researc

Technically, sanctions are already applied by federal funders (e.g. multiple-year funding bans) [1]... although in practice retractions don't happen, so researchers still benefit if you don't do due diligence about your authors (which I don't think is easy anyway.) [1] https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/21/what-analyzing-30-years-of-us-federal-research-misconduct-sanctions-revealed/ https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/21/what-analyzing-30-yea...