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@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 months ago

"Publisher demands $500 from impersonated author to retract paper."
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/03/05/publisher-demands-500-from-impersonated-author-to-retract-paper/

PS: Here's hoping that publicity about this shakedown costs the publisher -- Walsh Medical Media -- more than $500.

Retraction Watch

Publisher demands $500 from impersonated author to retract paper

Last year, we wrote about a Walsh Medical Media journal that refused to withdraw an author’s paper unless he paid a fee — even though he didn’t write or submit the article. For one reader, some det…

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