EL PAÍS: Eleven studies by Spanish scientist Rafael Luque are retracted due to fraudulent practices. “On December 1, 2022, Luque was expelled from his university, Universidad de Córdoba, with a historic sanction. A new tool now exposes how he rose to the top and how he fell, eventually becoming honored in the Kremlin as ‘pro-Russian.’ Eleven studies of his have already been retracted for […]

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Eleven studies by Spanish scientist Rafael Luque are retracted due to fraudulent practices.

A new tool reveals the alleged cheating committed for years by the chemist, who was suspiciously prolific.

With his 11 studies eliminated by publishers, he is already “in the top 0.1% of the most retracted authors of all time”.

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