Not so, says a National Academy of Sciences study that attributes two thirds of the retractions in the biomedical and life-sciences to scientific misconduct.
The accusation against Komuro in a blog is strongly reminiscent of the scandal involving Hiroaki Matsubara, another prominent researcher who recently resigned from his position after numerous retractions and investigations.
First, we saw a request from the institute that all media organisations who'd covered the story should take their articles down and issue retractions, with a vague threat of legal action.
Politicians who have erred (foolishly led astray by the patently ridiculous idea that they are supposed to look for ways to improve schools) have rapidly been strong-armed back into the fold: witness the craven retractions by Joe Lieberman and Bill Bradley before the 2000 election.