What do text-mining and data citation, retractions and calls for scientific reform, and a great piece on the potential of anti-virals have in common? They are all part of this week’s blog buzz!

Tuesdays’ piece from the NY Times, A Sharp Rise in Scientific Journal Retrations Prompts Calls for Reform, discusses the recent increase in retractions of scientific papers and the ways our current systems of funding, publishing and research institutions contribute to an environment where problematic publications are increasing. Follow the blog Retraction Watch for more on these important issues.

For a related series of blog posts consider this post from In The Pipeline on Buckyball longevity where a careful reader spotted the reuse of a figure.

Heather Piwowar, a researcher on data sharing and reuse has been blogging up a storm this week at Research Remix. She received approval for researchers at her university to access Elsevier’s content for mining, reminded readers why we should care about access for text mining and data citation, and reported on Elsevier calling text mining the new front.  Congratulations and thanks to her for getting the word out!

A long, thought provoking read from Carl Zimmer at Wired, Could Anti-Virals Blast the Common Cold?