Former Stanford president retracts Nature paper as another gets expression of concern

"The two Nature papers – which have together been cited more than 1,000 times, according to Clarivate’s Web of Science – were among five the university investigation examined on which Tessier-Lavigne was the principal author. The other three have been retracted – two from Science and one from Cell."

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https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/18/former-stanford-president-retracts-nature-paper-as-another-gets-expression-of-concern/

Former Stanford president retracts Nature paper as another gets expression of concern

Marc Tessier-Lavigne Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the former president of Stanford University who resigned earlier this year after an institutional research misconduct investigation, has retracted a paper…

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Harvard's President was found to have plagiarized in multiple instances across several papers. In one case, a full paragraph.

Harvard's response today?

An independent review found "a few instances of inadequate citation. While the analysis found no violation of Harvard’s standards for research misconduct [...] in this tumultuous and difficult time, we unanimously stand in support of President Gay”

I wonder how'd they treat an undergrad who did the same?

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