Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus, who write the Retraction Watch blog, have a few things to say about journal editors who stonewall their questions about retracted papers: "Many retraction notices have about as much to say as a mime at a wallflower convention. Anyone hoping to find out the reason for the retraction – was it misconduct, for example, or just honest error? – will be up the proverbial creek without a paddle." That's bad for science, Oransky and Marcus argue.
