The Journal of Cellular Physiology, a Wiley title, will retract two articles by an arthritis researcher the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs found to have engaged in research misconduct. Last November, the VA published findings stating Hee-Jeong Im Sampen, formerly a research biologist at the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chicago, faked images and inflated sample sizes in three published papers, a grant application, a presentation, and an unpublished manuscript.

Two of the papers, "Development of an Experimental Animal Model for Lower Back Pain by Percutaneous Injury-InducedLumbar Facet Joint Osteoarthritis" and "Environmental Disruption of Circadian Rhythm Predisposes Mice to Osteoarthritis-Like Changes in Knee Joint", appeared in the Journal of Cellular Physiology in 2015, and don’t currently have any sort of notice about the VA finding they contain faked images. 

In response to our inquiry, a Wiley spokesperson said the publisher was aware of the VA’s request to retract the paper "and has investigated. The retractions are in progress and should take place within the next few weeks".