The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) will soon introduce negative marking for research misconduct, including retracted papers and citations of tainted work. The move, announced after ...

Persistent pneumonia associated with H1N1 influenza infection is a rarely reported clinical entity. The authors describe the case of an infant who presented to the emergency department with ...

Research has become an important pillar in strengthening an institute’s foothold in global and national rankings. The spotlight on gauging and evaluating research has opened a can of worms—there are ...

Intercostal neuralgia is nerve pain that affects the area below your ribs and can be caused by several different conditions. People with intercostal neuralgia experience a lot of pain in their ribs, ...

Background: Kawasaki disease (KD) is associated with coronary artery alterations, and recurrence of the disease is relatively rare. We here report a case of recurrent KD complicated by polyserositis ...

Intercostal muscle strain is an injury affecting the muscles between two or more ribs. Symptoms can include sharp, direct pain, stiffness, and mobility difficulties. The intercostal muscles have ...

Intercostal neuralgia occurs when a person experiences neuropathic pain in their ribs, chest, or abdomen. It may feel like a sharp, stabbing, aching, or burning pain. Various conditions may cause ...

Many universities and research institutions around the world prize high productivity. They encourage researchers to publish more articles and accrue more citations; higher counts can signal that an ...

Researchers in Ethiopia have a higher percentage of their scientific papers retracted than researchers in any other country, according to a new analysis published in the online repository Zenodo. The ...

More than 40% of chemistry papers retracted in the last two years were pulled because of plagiarism, finds a study published in Chemistry of Materials (2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00897).

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Retractions are a sign that science is working as it should. But ...