That’ll do it: Physics paper retracted for a “pattern that is unphysical”

A physics paper retracted because some of the data are “unphysical.” Weer een juweeltje in Retraction Watch!

Retraction Watch

Last December, we brought you the story of a math paper that was retracted because it made “no sense mathematically.” Today, we have that retraction’s cousin: A physics paper retracted because some of the data are “unphysical.”

Here’s the notice for “Room temperature ferromagnetism in pure and Co- and Fe-doped CeO₂ dilute magnetic oxide: effect of oxygen vacancies and cation valence,” which was published in April 2011 in the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics:

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