EMDR article retracted

[DynamicDidactic]

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Journal retracts depression treatment study with findings called ‘too good to be true’

In the fall of 2024, Matt Williams was grading papers at Massey University in New Zealand when he noticed something off in a study one of his students had cited. The study, published in 2016, repor…

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[Therapist4Chnge]

Yikes.

 

[WisNeuro]

Yeah, that journal sounds like a bastion of research integrity.

/s

Love seeing glowing journal articles about something in a journal that solely exists to make that something look good.

 

[oliversacks4thewin]

That journal feels a bit like this:

 

[PsyDr]

1) The peer reviewers didn't question a d=3.47?

2) “During those conversations, it appeared that Gauhar could not positively identify where the raw data and the database of statistical analysis was located…”.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

#2 was like, really?! You don’t keep a copy of your data….somewhere?! It’s not like it was from 20+ years ago and it was a joint project w another lab/dept and they hosted the data.

 

[WisNeuro]

#2 was like, really?! You don’t keep a copy of your data….somewhere?! It’s not like it was from 20+ years ago and it was a joint project w another lab/dept and they hosted the data.

Yeah, I have some papers I was on that I don't have the data. But, I was neither the 1st nor corresponding author in those circumstances. I don't think I have my masters data anymore unless i can uncover some ancient thumb drive, but that was..... a while ago now.

 

[Sanman]

#2 was like, really?! You don’t keep a copy of your data….somewhere?! It’s not like it was from 20+ years ago and it was a joint project w another lab/dept and they hosted the data.

It looks like original paper was from 2016? Certainly enough time to move on and do other things. Most of my research data is either on an old laptop or thumb drive somewhere, granted it is older than this.That said, if you are not a career researcher and someone pulls an old paper, how much effort are you going through to defend it. The issue I have is with the journal being willing to publish whatever and then throw authors under the bus. Isn't there a reason you submit for publication and dont just self-publish?