# Retractions in materials science after whistleblowing

**URL:** <https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/retractions-in-materials-science-after-whistleblowing/312>\
**Category:** Open and replicable science\
**Tags:** retraction, misconduct, materials\_science\
**Created:** [September 25, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/retractions-in-materials-science-after-whistleblowing/312 "2019-09-25T01:09:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![rebecca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/rebecca/32/520_2.png) [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/retractions-in-materials-science-after-whistleblowing/312/1 "2019-09-25T01:09:34Z")

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> **[A publisher just retracted 22 articles. And the whistleblower is just getting...](https://retractionwatch.com/2019/09/13/a-publisher-just-retracted-22-articles-and-the-whistleblower-is-just-getting-started/)**
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> SAGE Publishing is today retracting 22 articles by a materials science researcher who published in two of their journals — but the anonymous reader who brought the problems to their attention…

“Duplicative and low-quality research has become so common on the construction materials field, that researchers have to spend considerable efforts figuring out whether a paper is reliable.”