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Retraction Watch
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Earlier this week, we reported on a Princeton student’s decision to retract her own paper from an engineering journal due to “significant methodological errors.” The student, Rishika Porandla, now tells us she never conducted the experiments described in the study.

retractionwatch.comPrinceton student says she did not conduct the experiments described in her now-retracted paperA figure from the now-retracted paper in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering shows the “hypothesized effects” of the experiments described in the study. Earlier this week, Retracti…

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Wyrdweaver
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Hmm: 'She also noted she had faced “significant pressure from mentors to move quickly toward publication before the work had been sufficiently validated.”' Uhuh: '“research-driven college counseling” business she runs to help students gain admission to Ivy League colleges.'