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Retraction Watch
@retractionwatch.com

We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record." Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...

nature.comKeep calm and be transparent: advice from scientists who retracted their papersRetractions correct the scientific record, but they have stigma attached to them. Some in the research community want that to change.

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Mark Ungrin
@mark-ungrin.bsky.social

How does it handle misrepresented retractions? It took us a year to force retraction of this dumpster fire in JAMA Pediatrics, and when we finally succeeded the retraction (and the sloppy CBC coverage that went along with it) framed it as a spontaneous demonstration of research integrity. 🤮

Mark Ungrin@mark-ungrin.bsky.social

🧵An example of the shenanigans and junk science accepted in medical journals. In September 2023, JAMA Pediatrics published a ludicrously bad paper (quasi-retracted after much effort) claiming long COVID is "strikingly rare" in kids, supposedly vs the WHO definition. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

jamanetwork.comRETRACTED: Post–COVID-19 Condition in ChildrenThis cohort study assesses the parent-reported incidence and resolution of post–COVID-19 symptoms among children aged 8 to 13 years.
The Air Whisperer
@pneumofoils.bsky.social

Sounds great...! But I have a question: If the error has gone uncorrected for around a Century - can a surviving institution win the award by retracting on their researcher's posthumous behalf...?