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Mega-journal Heliyon retracts hundreds of papers after internal audit 

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Mega-journal Heliyon retracts hundreds of papers after internal audit
Heliyon has published fewer papers and ramped up its retractions since a major indexing service put the journal on hold and the publisher launched an audit of all papers published in the journal si…
retractionwatch.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM
elisabethbik.bsky.social
Heliyon, paused in the Web of Science index, retracted 10 papers on January 27.

Reasons listed in the retraction notices range from changes in authorship during revision, strange phrases, plagiarism, etc.

Heliyon has some clear quality issues.
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January 31, 2025 at 3:29 AM
nanoporous.net
It's like a game. Just open any of the latest articles from Heliyon journal and it will feature nonsensical data. Here are “nitrogen adsorption isotherms”.
www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
December 9, 2024 at 2:08 PM
retractionwatch.com
Heliyon has published fewer papers and ramped up its retractions since a major indexing service put the journal on hold and the publisher launched an audit of all papers published in the journal since its launch in 2016.
Mega-journal Heliyon retracts hundreds of papers after internal audit
Heliyon has published fewer papers and ramped up its retractions since a major indexing service put the journal on hold and the publisher launched an audit of all papers published in the journal si…
retractionwatch.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
angryhacademic.bsky.social
Breaking the silence: Recognizing post-vaccination syndrome
www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
June 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
nanoporous.net
Or senseless graphics www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
December 9, 2024 at 2:13 PM
nanoporous.net
This supposed "XRD pattern" was published in supposedly peer-reviewed scientific journal Heliyon www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
XRD pattern that looks either heavily edited, or drawn with Etch-a-sketch
December 9, 2024 at 10:31 AM
daveevansphd.bsky.social
"More than 3/4 of the rural women in Nigeria are multidimensionally poor... Security shocks, unemployment, and time to health care services as the biggest contributors." www.cell.com/heliyon/full... by Tolulope Jerumeh
September 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
samuelmoore.org
It's funny that Elsevier can simply retract *650* papers because of "compromised peer review, authorship irregularities, tortured phrases and citation manipulation" and then Clarivate are satisfied and hand out an impact factor.
Clarivate removes hold on mega-journal Heliyon after internal audit, 650+ retractions
Clarivate has lifted its hold on Heliyon after the journal’s internal audit led to over 1,000 retractions, expressions of concern and corrections. As a result, the journal will receive an impact fa…
retractionwatch.com
August 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
davidjoffe64.bsky.social
🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠

www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
Amyloid-forming potential of Betacoronavirus including SARS-CoV-2
Prions are considered as sub-viral protein particles that have exceptional ability for multiple structural or functional conformational changes, leading to amyloid or prion forming or priogenicity, th...
www.cell.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
georgeelliot19.bsky.social
also see: www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
main challenge of climate change is limiting growth of technomass
September 22, 2026 at 4:05 AM
leanhealth.bsky.social
Covid ungeimpft?
=häufiger
-schwerer KH Verlauf
-Intensivstation
-Sauerstoff

>2 Monaten⬆️
-Myokarditis
-Lungenembolie
-funktionelle respiratorische Anomalien (+CCT)

>1 Jahr ⬆️
anhaltende Dyspnoe
chronische Rhinosinusitis
Husten
psychische Störungen

www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
November 17, 2024 at 11:13 AM
retractionwatch.com
Clarivate has lifted its hold on Elsevier's journal Heliyon after the journal’s internal audit led to over 1,000 retractions, expressions of concern and corrections.
Clarivate removes hold on mega-journal Heliyon after internal audit, 650+ retractions
Clarivate has lifted its hold on Heliyon after the journal’s internal audit led to over 1,000 retractions, expressions of concern and corrections. As a result, the journal will receive an impact fa…
retractionwatch.com
August 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
dickzoutman.bsky.social
www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
The Impact of Vaccination Status on Post-acute Sequelae in Hospitalized COVID-19 Survivors using a multi-disciplinary approach: an observational single center study.
COVID-19 vaccines reduced mortality, hospitalizations and ICUs admissions. Conversely, the impact of vaccination on Long COVID-19 syndrome is still unclear. This study compared the prevalence of post-...
www.cell.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:38 PM
atranscendedman.bsky.social
A review of 31 studies finds Long COVID impairs memory, attention, and inhibition, linked to disruptions in the brain’s frontal and cerebellar regions.

www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
Executive Function Deficit in Patients with Long COVID Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Post-COVID-19 condition (Long COVID) refers to a condition in which patients endure persistent symptoms for more than 12 weeks, typically occurring at least 3 months after the onset of Coronavirus dis...
www.cell.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
ttpphd.bsky.social
Circumcision alters attachment styles. Maybe life is more complex than you think!

www.cell.com/heliyon/full...

#circumcision 🧪
Neonatal male circumcision is associated with altered adult socio-affective processing
Psychology; Clinical research; Neonatal pain; Attachment style; Empathy; Personality; Stress; Sociosexuality.
www.cell.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
privilegienschreck.bsky.social
CN Suizid

Laut dieser Studie ist die Psychologisierung von #MECFS die häufigste Ursache für Suizidgedanken bei Betroffenen.

Keine Pointe.

www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
2/2
The three main factors contributing to suicidal thoughts were (i) being told the disease was only psychosomatic (89.5%), (ii) being at the end of one's strength (80.7%) and (iii) not feeling being understood by others (80.7%).
May 2, 2024 at 6:44 AM
ayumikhaylov.bsky.social
An, J., Mikhaylov, A., Richter, U.H. (2020) Trade War Effects: Evidence from Sectors of Energy and Resources in Africa. Heliyon, 6(2), e05693, doi.org/10.1016/j.he...
Redirecting
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January 9, 2026 at 9:08 AM
leanhealth.bsky.social
Cranial
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....

Coronary
www.cvcasejournal.com/article/S246...

Pulmonary
www.cell.com/heliyon/full...

Abdominal
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC92…
January 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
samuelmoore.org
High-volume publishing leading to high-volume retractions.
Mega-journal Heliyon retracts hundreds of papers after internal audit
Heliyon has published fewer papers and ramped up its retractions since a major indexing service put the journal on hold and the publisher launched an audit of all papers published in the journal si…
retractionwatch.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
nanoporous.net
Adsorption isotherms, but shifted and in arbitrary units. Because who cares? www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
December 9, 2024 at 2:43 PM
westcoastbclife.bsky.social
Executive Function Deficit in Patients with Long COVID Syndrome: A Systematic Review: Heliyon www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
Executive Function Deficit in Patients with Long COVID Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Post-COVID-19 condition (Long COVID) refers to a condition in which patients endure persistent symptoms for more than 12 weeks, typically occurring at least 3 months after the onset of Coronavirus dis...
www.cell.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'The journal [Heliyon], which was founded by Cell Press in 2015 but is now owned by Elsevier, charges an article processing fee of $2,270 (£1,670), which the authors’ institutions had agreed to cover because of the paper’s relevance to UK domestic energy policy.' 2/2
July 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
nanoporous.net
“ChemBio 3D simulation” 🙄 what is next? ChemDraw theoretical chemistry? www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
December 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM
scinews.bsky.social
Making low-fertility rats fertile by changing the treatment interval

"Changing the interval between fertility drugs boosts fertility even in rats that typically respond poorly"

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August 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM