Despite assaults on the science of global warming and evolution, the real threat to research these days may be coming from within. Journals are retracting more than 10 times as many articles each year today than they did a decade ago, while publishing only about 50 percent more studies than before. The institutions of science — universities, laboratories, and journals — shouldn’t take the public’s trust for granted. And there are distressing signs that the kind of transparency scientists need is far from universal.
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Science is at least self-correcting, which puts it head and shoulders above just about every other human endeavor.
400 retracted papers in 1.4 million. That's a retraction rate of 0.028%. 1 paper in 3500. Does your profession have a record that can compare to that?
Dishonest scientists? Perish the thought. How can I g on? Who knew that deception and fraud are part of the new Scientific Method? My faith in humanity is shattered.
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Tenure and money at stake