Opening Session

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

Please note this programme is subject to change. All timings for the virtual conference are in CET (Central European Time). 

17:00 Welcome from the EMWA President and EMWA Conference Director

17:05 Retractions: On The Rise, But Not Enough

In 2000, there were about 40 retractions from the scientific literature. In 2022, there were more than 5,000. That is a dramatic increase, even accounting for the growing number of papers published per year. In this talk, I will explore the reasons for the increase, why it is good news, and why the real number should be even higher. I will tell the stories of the sleuths who are finding problems in the literature, drawing on more than a decade of experience at Retraction Watch.

Ivan Oransky

Ivan Oransky, MD, is co-founder of Retraction Watch, editor in chief of Spectrum, and distinguished journalist in residence at New York University's Arthur Carter Journalism Institute. Ivan previously was president of the Association of Health Care Journalists and vice president of editorial at Medscape. He has also held editorial leadership positions at MedPage Today, Reuters Health, Scientific American and The Scientist. He is the recipient of the 2015 John P. McGovern Medal for excellence in biomedical communication from the American Medical Writers Association, and in 2017 was awarded an honorary doctorate in civil laws from The University of the South (Sewanee). In 2019, the judges for the John Maddox Prize, which promotes those who stand up for science in the face of hostility, gave him a commendation for his work at Retraction Watch.

17:45 Meet the EC

Closing remarks