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Sunday, February 9, 2020

Short Article - ‘Avalanche’ of spider-paper retractions shakes behavioural-ecology community: Allegations of fabricated data have prompted a university investigation and some soul-searching

Title:
‘Avalanche’ of spider-paper retractions shakes behavioural-ecology community

Author:
Giuliana Viglione

Published:
Nature, 7 February 2020

From the article:
"A complex web is unravelling in the field of spider research. On 5 February, McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, confirmed that it was investigating allegations that behavioural ecologist Jonathan Pruitt fabricated data in at least 17 papers on which he was a co-author.

To read this article:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00287-y