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Data Manipulation Scandal: 10 Papers Retraction Shocks Research Community

2/5/2025

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French researchers Caroline Kervarc-Genre and Thibault Cantat have revealed alarming data manipulation in 43 papers authored by Suman L. Jain from the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum. The findings, which include identical noise patterns and duplicated spectra, led to the retraction of ten papers. Jain has acknowledged oversight, attributing the issues to her students' mishandling of data, while investigations are ongoing.

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French researchers Caroline Kervarc-Genre and Thibault Cantat have revealed alarming data manipulation in 43 papers authored by Suman L. Jain from the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum. The findings, which include identical noise patterns and duplicated spectra, led to the retraction of ten papers. Jain has acknowledged oversight, attributing the issues to her students' mishandling of data, while investigations are ongoing.