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Exclusive: PLOS ONE to retract more than 100 papers for manipulated peer review

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PLOS ONE is retracting 20 articles after an investigation into improper authorship and conflicts of interest. The journal's action on the published papers begins today, Retraction Watch has learned. About half of the people involved with at least 10 submissions were affiliated with institutions in Pakistan, the investigation found.

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Exclusive: PLOS ONE to retract more than 100 papers for manipulated peer review

In March, an editor at PLOS ONE noticed something odd among a stack of agriculture manuscripts he was handling. One author had submitted at least 40 manuscripts over a 10-month period, much more th…

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Retraction Watch broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, August 3, 2022.
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