Talk at UC Davis "Publish or Perish" conference, 2/13/14

1. Retractions, Peer Review,
and Transparency
ICIS
University of California, Davis
February 13, 2014
Ivan Oransky
Co-Founder, Retraction Watch
http://retractionwatch.com
@ivanoransky

2. Is This Science Today?

3. Retractions on the Rise
http://pmretract.heroku.com/byyear

4. Most Retractions Due to Misconduct
PNAS online October 1, 2012

6. How Long Do Retractions Take?
http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2010/12/23/jme.2010.040923

7. Puzzling Policies

8. The Rise of Post-Publication Peer Review
“It does however have several examples of image
reuse which might be of interest to PubPeer
members and readers.”

9. hESCs in Cell

10. hESCs in Cell
A number of comments about these errors in
articles and blogs have drawn connections to the
speed of the peer review process for this
paper. Given the broad
interest, importance, anticipated scrutiny of the
claims of the paper and the preeminence of the
reviewers, we have no reason to doubt the
thoroughness or rigor of the review process.

11. hESCs in Cell
The comparatively rapid turnaround for this paper
can be attributed to the fact that the reviewers
graciously agreed to prioritize attention to reviewing
this paper in a timely way. It is a misrepresentation
to equate slow peer review with thoroughness or
rigor or to use timely peer review as a justification
for sloppiness in manuscript preparation.

12. The Rise of Post-Publication Peer Review

13. Scientists Value Transparency

14. More Retractions: A Good Thing?

15. One Way To Avoid Retractions

16. Contact Info
ivan-oransky@erols.com
http://retractionwatch.com
@ivanoransky
Thanks to Nancy Lapid, Reuters Health