Retraction Watch is a blog which seeks to highlight the latest scientific retractions. The blog started in August 2010 by Ivan Oransky (executive editor of Reuters Heath and teachers medical journalism a New York University) and Adam Marcus (managing editor of Anaesthesiology News).

So why a blog on retractions?

1. Science takes justifiable pride in the fact that it is self-correcting - most of the time….Retractions are therefore a window into the scientific process.
2. Hope the blog will form an informal repository for the retractions we find and might even spur the creation of a retraction database.
3. Highlighting the retractions will give journalists more tools to uncover fraud and misuse of funds.
4. Interested in whether journals are consistent….with printing retractions.

Ivan Ornsky and Adam Marcus - First Post August 2010

Example of the retractions published in December 2012:

• Retractions three and four for Hopkins cancer biomarker group - 31 December 2012
• Neuroscientist made up data in NIH grant applications, says ORI - 28 December 2012
• ORI sanctions former Texas Tech postdoc for falsification, fabrication, plagiarism - 28 December 2012

To find out more go to Retraction Watch