Doh! Top Science Journal Retractions of 2011Doh! Top Science Journal Retractions of 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 13:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Bad science papers can have lasting effects. Consider the 1998 paper in the journal The Lancet that linked autism to the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. That paper was fully retracted in 2010 upon evidence that senior author Andrew Wakefield had manipulated data and breached several proper ethical codes of conduct. [More]