science

Accidental bullshit:

Over the last two decades, even as the overall number of studies published has risen dramatically, the rate of retraction has actually eclipsed the rate of publication.

They mean the rate of change, not the absolute rates (a great deal more than 5,000 papers were published last year).)

Anyways, it's a big issue and retractions are far too rare, and far too slow. The move towards universities acting more like private corporations is a big part of it. This is a good read: The natural selection of bad science