British Medical Journal Group Retracts Most Papers Published in Special Issue

‘There was evidence of improbable device use in many articles,’ the group said.

A cancer patient holding hands with his wife in New York City, on March 16, 2016. John Moore/Getty Images

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) Group has retracted seven of eight articles published in a special issue in 2019 in one of its journals.

An investigation into the issue, released by the Journal of Medical Genetics, uncovered “evidence of improbable device use in many articles, and compromised peer review in almost all articles,” the BMJ Group said in a retraction notice on April 14.