The publisher Frontiers has begun retracting a batch of 122 articles across five journals after an investigation found a network of authors and editors engaged in "unethical actions" such as manipulating citations and reviewing papers without disclosing conflicts of interest.

The latest tranche of retractions began to appear July 28, 2025. According to one of the notices, which are identical for each paper, the publisher’s investigation "identified this article as one for which the integrity of the peer review process has been undermined, resulting in the loss of confidence in the article’s findings."

A list of the forthcoming retractions Frontiers provided us names one paper from Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, six from Frontiers in Public Health, 29 from Frontiers in Energy Research, 33 from Frontiers in Environmental Science, and 53 from Frontiers in Psychology. Most were published in 2022. The investigation began after a reader noted undisclosed conflicts of interest in the peer review of a single paper, according to the statement.

Source https://retractionwatch.com/2025/07/29/frontiers-retract-122-articles-links-thousands-other-publishers-journals-to-unethical-network/

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