Targeted searches across Retraction Watch, X, and web sources up to March 19, 2026, reveal no new large-scale retraction batches, papermill operations, or systemic fraud in scientific publications. Isolated incidents include Elsevier retracting six papers from an energy-technology journal due to unauthorized author changes and fictitious emails [web:10], University of Melbourne launching a formal investigation into education researcher John Hattie [post:5], and mass resignation of editors at Communications in Algebra over review processes and EIC removal [post:9][web:11]. Known cases such as Heliyon batches, Hitler Louis retractions (stable at ~35), Purdue suspension, and ORI's Chen-Yeh Ke finding show no updates [web:23][web:33][web:16].
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