{
  "id": 16340978,
  "title": "Weekend reads: Journals and the ‘Mathpocalypse’; autism paper earns EOC; Cell Press investigating bribery allegations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/weekend-reads-journals-and-the-mathpocalypse-autism-paper-earns-eoc",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-24T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Retraction Watch",
    "slug": "retraction-watch",
    "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/10/24/weekend-reads-journals-and-the-mathpocalypse-autism-paper-earns-eoc-cell-press-investigating-bribery-allegations/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Leading journals in probability are temporarily suspending new submissions due to the \"Mathpocalypse\" and \"Slopwave\". A highly cited autism paper has been issued an \"Expression of Concern\" over data duplications. Cell Press is investigating its Editor-in-Chief for allegedly soliciting bribes from authors. A university probe resulted in the retraction of four neural tube studies. Google DeepMind's AI crystallography database includes near duplicate structures and unrealistic compounds. The six-month rule for research misconduct investigations in Korea is exceeded in six out of ten cases. A Bulgarian Academic Ethics Committee report found \"over 95% plagiarism\" in a professor's paper.",
  "summary": "If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: In case you missed the news, the Hijacked Journal Checker now has more than 450 entries. The Retraction Watch Database has over 67,000 retractions. Our list of COVID-19 retractions … Continue reading Weekend reads: Journals and the ‘Mathpocalypse’; autism paper earns…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}