Weekend reads: Errors in clinical trials; GPT-3 and scientific papers; paleontologist accused of faking data – Retraction Watch

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The week at Retraction Watch featured:

Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to 278. There are more than 37,000 retractions in our database — which powers retraction alerts in EndNoteLibKeyPapers, and Zotero. And have you seen our leaderboard of authors with the most retractions lately — or our list of top 10 most highly cited retracted papers?

Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

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https://retractionwatch.com/2022/12/10/weekend-reads-errors-in-clinical-trials-gpt-3-and-scientific-papers-paleontologist-accused-of-faking-data/