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by nxobject 728 days ago
Technically, sanctions are already applied by federal funders (e.g. multiple-year funding bans) [1]... although in practice retractions don't happen, so researchers still benefit if you don't do due diligence about your authors (which I don't think is easy anyway.)

[1] https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/21/what-analyzing-30-yea...