Retracted, debunked and outdated facts still in circulation, and the fixes. https://zombiefacts.org/ 2026-11-05T20:28:00Z Zombie Factshttps://zombiefacts.org/about/ https://zombiefacts.org/assets/icon.png tag:zombiefacts.org,2026:note:10.1080/1462740500061160|North Koreans in Russia 2026-11-05T20:28:00Z

We told Wikipedia's editors that “North Koreans in Russia” cites a retracted paper. Cold War History retracted this article in 2020 for plagiarism.

tag:zombiefacts.org,2026:note:10.1126/science.1197258|2010 in science 2026-11-05T20:28:00Z

We told Wikipedia's editors that “2010 in science” cites a retracted paper. Science retracted the arsenic-life paper in July 2025 because its results could not be reproduced. The 2010 entry can stay as history, but it still reads as an established discovery.

tag:zombiefacts.org,2026:note:10.1016/s0140-6736(11)61590-0|2011 in science 2026-11-05T20:28:00Z

We told Wikipedia's editors that “2011 in science” cites a retracted paper. The Lancet retracted the SCIPIO trial report in 2019 after Harvard's investigation found unreliable data. The 2011 entry still presents it as a breakthrough.

tag:zombiefacts.org,2026:note:10.1016/j.cell.2011.07.007|2011 in science 2026-11-05T20:28:00Z

We told Wikipedia's editors that “2011 in science” cites a retracted paper. Cell retracted this paper in 2014. The 2011 entry still presents skin-to-neuron conversion from this paper as a result.

tag:zombiefacts.org,2026:note:10.1002/14651858.cd002766.pub3|List of pseudoscience topics 2026-11-05T19:47:00Z

We told Wikipedia's editors that “List of pseudoscience topics” cites a retracted paper. The sentence quotes the review's conclusion directly, and the review was withdrawn by Cochrane over concerns about the data it relied on, so the quote no longer has a valid source.

tag:zombiefacts.org,2026:note:10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80804-1|Axon 2026-11-05T19:47:00Z

We told Wikipedia's editors that “Axon” cites a retracted paper. Cell retracted this paper in 2023 after an investigation found manipulated images.

tag:zombiefacts.org,2026:note:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.04.001|Stegodyphus dumicola 2026-11-05T19:47:00Z

We told Wikipedia's editors that “Stegodyphus dumicola” cites a retracted paper. Animal Behaviour retracted this paper in 2023 over duplicated data; it is one of the Jonathan Pruitt papers withdrawn during the misconduct investigation into his lab.

tag:zombiefacts.org,2026:found:2026-11-05 2026-11-05T12:00:00Z

Retracted papers still cited with no warning on “International Monetary Fund”, “Maus”, “List of pseudoscience topics”, “Axon”, “Schön scandal”, “Schön scandal” and 74 more.

<ul><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/neocolonialism-and-public-health-in-africa/">International Monetary Fund</a>: Neocolonialism and Public Health in Africa</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/art-spiegelman-s-maus-a-survivor-s-tale/">Maus</a>: Art Spiegelman’s Maus: A Survivor’s Tale: A Bibliographic Essay</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/therapeutic-touch-for-healing-acute-wounds-pub-3/">List of pseudoscience topics</a>: Therapeutic touch for healing acute wounds (Pub 3)</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/a-ligand-gated-association-between-cytoplasmic-domains-of/">Axon</a>: A Ligand-Gated Association between Cytoplasmic Domains of UNC5 and DCC Family Receptors Converts Netrin-Induced Growth Cone Attraction to Repulsion</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/a-light-emitting-field-effect-transistor/">Schön scandal</a>: A light-emitting field-effect transistor</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/a-single-molecular-spin-valve/">Schön scandal</a>: A Single Molecular Spin Valve</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/a-superconducting-field-effect-switch/">Schön scandal</a>: A superconducting field-effect switch</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/ambipolar-pentacene-field-effect-transistors-and-inverters/">Schön scandal</a>: Ambipolar pentacene field-effect transistors and inverters</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/an-organic-solid-state-injection-laser/">Schön scandal</a>: An organic solid state injection laser</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/conjugation-length-dependence-of-the-charge-transport-in/">Schön scandal</a>: Conjugation Length Dependence of the Charge Transport in Oligothiophene Single Crystals</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/efficient-organic-photovoltaic-diodes-based-on-doped-pentacene/">Schön scandal</a>: Efficient organic photovoltaic diodes based on doped pentacene</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/electrical-properties-of-single-crystals-of-rigid-rodlike/">Schön scandal</a>: Electrical Properties of Single Crystals of Rigid Rodlike Conjugated Molecules</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/fast-organic-electronic-circuits-based-on-ambipolar-pentacene/">Schön scandal</a>: Fast organic electronic circuits based on ambipolar pentacene field-effect transistors</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/field-effect-modulation-of-the-conductance-of-single/">Schön scandal</a>: Field-effect modulation of the conductance of single molecules</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/field-induced-superconductivity-in-a-spin-ladder-cuprate/">Schön scandal</a>: Field-induced superconductivity in a spin-ladder cuprate</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/fractional-quantum-hall-effect-in-organic-molecular/">Schön scandal</a>: Fractional quantum hall effect in organic molecular semiconductors</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/gate-induced-superconductivity-in-a-solution-processed-organic/">Schön scandal</a>: Gate-induced superconductivity in a solution-processed organic polymer film</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/gate-induced-superconductivity-in-oligophenylenevinylene-single/">Schön scandal</a>: Gate-induced superconductivity in oligophenylenevinylene single crystals</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/high-temperature-superconductivity-in-lattice-expanded-c60/">Schön scandal</a>: High-temperature superconductivity in lattice-expanded C60</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/hole-transport-in-pentacene-single-crystals/">Schön scandal</a>: Hole Transport in Pentacene Single Crystals</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/josephson-junctions-with-tunable-weak-links/">Schön scandal</a>: Josephson junctions with tunable weak links</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/low-temperature-transport-in-high-mobility-polycrystalline/">Schön scandal</a>: Low-temperature Transport in High-mobility Polycrystalline Pentacene Field-effect Transistors</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/mobile-iodine-dopants-in-organic-semiconductors/">Schön scandal</a>: Mobile Iodine Dopants in Organic Semiconductors</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/nanoscale-organic-transistors-based-on-self-assembled-monolayers/">Schön scandal</a>: Nanoscale organic transistors based on self-assembled monolayers</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/perylene-a-promising-organic-field-effect-transistor-material/">Schön scandal</a>: Perylene: A promising organic field-effect transistor material</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/plastic-josephson-junctions/">Schön scandal</a>: Plastic Josephson junctions</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/self-assembled-monolayer-organic-field-effect-transistors/">Schön scandal</a>: Self-assembled monolayer organic field-effect transistors</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/self-assembled-monolayer-transistors/">Schön scandal</a>: Self-assembled monolayer transistors</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/superconductivity-at-52-k-in-hole-doped-c60/">Schön scandal</a>: Superconductivity at 52 K in hole-doped C60</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/superconductivity-in-cacuo2-as-a-result-of-field/">Schön scandal</a>: Superconductivity in CaCuO2 as a result of field-effect doping</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/superconductivity-in-molecular-crystals-induced-by-charge/">Schön scandal</a>: Superconductivity in molecular crystals induced by charge injection</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/superconductivity-in-single-crystals-of-the-fullerene-c70/">Schön scandal</a>: Superconductivity in single crystals of the fullerene C70</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/universal-crossover-from-band-to-hopping-conduction-in/">Schön scandal</a>: Universal crossover from band to hopping conduction in molecular organic semiconductors</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/social-networks-of-author-coauthor-relationships/">Hockey stick graph (global temperature)</a>: Social Networks of Author–coauthor Relationships</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/microrna-876-is-sponged-by-long-noncoding-rna/">Non-coding RNA</a>: MicroRNA-876 is Sponged by Long Noncoding RNA LINC00707 and Directly Targets Metadherin to Inhibit Breast Cancer Malignancy</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/personality-and-morphology-shape-task-participation-collective/">Stegodyphus dumicola</a>: Personality and morphology shape task participation, collective foraging and escape behaviour in the social spider Stegodyphus dumicola</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/therapeutic-touch-for-healing-acute-wounds-pub-4/">Gary Null</a>: Therapeutic touch for healing acute wounds (Pub 4)</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/cooperative-compact-algorithms-for-randomized-algorithms/">SCIgen</a>: Cooperative, compact algorithms for randomized algorithms</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/fraternal-socialism-the-international-reconstruction-of-north/">North Koreans in Russia</a>: &#x27;Fraternal Socialism&#x27;: The International Reconstruction of North Korea, 1953-62</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/berbers-and-arabs-tracing-the-genetic-diversity-and/">Douz</a>: Berbers and Arabs: Tracing the genetic diversity and history of Southern Tunisia through genome wide analysis</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/data-colonialism-and-digital-sovereignty-in-the-global/">Data colonialism</a>: Data colonialism and digital sovereignty in the Global South</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/when-contact-changes-minds-an-experiment-on-transmission/">When Contact Changes Minds</a>: When Contact Changes Minds: An Experiment on Transmission of Support for Gay Equality</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/integral-effects-of-brassinosteroids-and-timber-waste-biochar/">Brassinosteroid</a>: Integral effects of brassinosteroids and timber waste biochar enhances the drought tolerance capacity of wheat plant</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/pigment-epithelium-derived-factor-inhibits-angiogenesis-via/">PEDF</a>: Pigment epithelium-derived factor inhibits angiogenesis via regulated intracellular proteolysis of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/cardiac-stem-cells-in-patients-with-ischaemic-cardiomyopathy/">2011 in science</a>: Cardiac stem cells in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy (SCIPIO): initial results of a randomised phase 1 trial</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/directed-conversion-of-alzheimer-s-disease-patient-skin/">2011 in science</a>: Directed Conversion of Alzheimer&#x27;s Disease Patient Skin Fibroblasts Into Functional Neurons</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/the-chromatin-remodeling-complex-winac-targets-a-nuclear/">SMARCB1</a>: The Chromatin-remodeling Complex WINAC Targets a Nuclear Receptor to Promoters and is Impaired in Williams Syndrome</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/a-bacterium-that-can-grow-by-using-arsenic/">2010 in science</a>: A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/neurotrophic-effects-of-lithium-in-ischemic-and/">Lithium ascorbate</a>: Neurotrophic effects of lithium in ischemic and neurodegenerative brain damage</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/the-chromatin-remodeling-complex-winac-targets-a-nuclear/">MED1</a>: The Chromatin-remodeling Complex WINAC Targets a Nuclear Receptor to Promoters and is Impaired in Williams Syndrome</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/matriptase-2-a-membrane-bound-mosaic-serine-proteinase/">TMPRSS6</a>: Matriptase-2, a membrane-bound mosaic serine proteinase predominantly expressed in human liver and showing degrading activity against extracellular matrix proteins</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/social-networks-of-author-coauthor-relationships/">Wegman Report</a>: Social Networks of Author–coauthor Relationships</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/ceacam6-gene-silencing-impairs-anoikis-resistance-and-in/">CEACAM6</a>: CEACAM6 gene silencing impairs anoikis resistance and in vivo metastatic ability of pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/development-of-selectable-marker-free-insect-resistant/">Transplastomic plant</a>: Development of selectable marker free, insect resistant, transgenic mustard (Brassica juncea) plants using Cre/loxmediated recombination</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/a-vlp-based-vaccine-targeting-domain-iii-of/">Bacteriophage AP205</a>: A VLP-based vaccine targeting domain III of the West Nile virus E protein protects from lethal infection in mice</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/the-chromatin-remodeling-complex-winac-targets-a-nuclear/">TOP2B</a>: The Chromatin-remodeling Complex WINAC Targets a Nuclear Receptor to Promoters and is Impaired in Williams Syndrome</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/sars-cov-2-s2-targeted-vaccination-elicits-broadly/">July–September 2022 in science</a>: SARS-CoV-2 S2–targeted vaccination elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/brca1-function-mediates-a-trap-drip-complex-through/">MED13</a>: BRCA1 Function Mediates a TRAP/DRIP Complex Through Direct Interaction With TRAP220</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/frequent-alterations-of-loh11cr2a-pig8-and-chek1-genes/">VWA5A</a>: Frequent alterations of LOH11CR2A, PIG8 and CHEK1 genes at chromosomal 11q24.1-24.2 region in breast carcinoma: clinical and prognostic implications</li><li><a href="https://zombiefacts.org/case/social-networks-of-author-coauthor-relationships/">North Report</a>: Social Networks of Author–coauthor Relationships</li></ul>