Researchers and clinicians were quick to point out the flaws in the study, and a flood of work refuted it.

In this edition of Null and Noteworthy, Spectrum talks with a Nature editor about the journal’s move to publish more null results.

The two journals, although differing in initial support, both realized the need for a publication focused exclusively on the neurodiverse experience.

Elsevier’s retractions focus on peer review and conflicts of interest.

The two psychologists share tips to help autism researchers adopt established methods and make their work more transparent and reproducible.

The study, which investigated a microRNA’s links to autism, appears to contain duplicated and fabricated data, according to research integrity analysts. Those issues reflect a larger problem in the literature.

In this edition, researchers sink a purported link between cerebellar volume and autism and buoy a theory about measuring social behaviors.

Our editorial team also took home seven regional awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

The “tortured phrases” — strangely worded paraphrases of established terms — may be the work of software that attempts to disguise plagiarism.

Previous Spectrum reporting called out this paper and several others — all on unrelated subjects — that mysteriously cite autism papers.