‘Retractions of scientific papers have surged in recent years’ — ‘Retractions related to fraud rose more than sevenfold between 2004 and 2009’
'There were just 22 retraction notices that appeared in journals 10 years ago, but 139 were published in 2006 and by last year, the number reached 339. Through July of this year, there were a total 210 retractions'