It seems that there is at least one almost every day. Are they true? Well, there is a web site, Retraction Watch, that tries to replicate published studies. Often, they do not succeed. It's not because they are stupid; the studies are erroneous.
Three scholars decided to expand the site's work by writing twenty fake papers. To increase the probability of the studies being published they used fashionable jargon to argue for ridiculous conclusions. They sent the papers to high-profile journals in fields including gender studies, queer studies, and fat studies. They did well; seven of their articles had been accepted for publication by ostensibly serious peer-reviewed journals. Seven more were still going through various stages of the review process. Only six had been rejected.
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