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• What’s behind paper retractions? (5):Banned! (6.2011)
• What’s behind paper retractions? (4):The Researchers Who Forgot Their IRBs (5.2011)
• What’s behind paper retractions? (3): Stop the Picture Doctors (4.2011)
• What’s behind paper retractions? (2): We Wrote What? (3.2011)
• What’s behind paper retractions? (1): Why Retractions and Corrections Should be Open Access (2.2011)
• High Impact with Low Numbers (1.2011)
• Welcome to the Club (6.2010)
• Jack of all Meetings (5.2010)
• Lucky Outliers (4.2010)
• Long Maturation Times (3.2010)
• Patience Is A Virtue (2.2010)
• The Far East – Get to Know the Unknown (1.2010)
• Confusing Consortia (6.2009)
• Journal Tuning (5.2009)
• No Significant Advantage (4.2009)
• Self-Citations Stink ... but Rarely (3.2009)
• Tainted Trust (2.2009)
• Tricky Transcriptons (6.2008)
• Papa's Pride (5.2008)
• The times they are a-changin’ (4.2008)
• Cling Together, Swing Together (3.2008)
• Good Old Pals (2.2008)
• Speed Matters (1.2008)
• Names are nothing but words (5.2007)
• Highly cited ... but wrong! (4.2007)
• Bad Timing (2.2007)
• The Lucky Punch (1.2007)