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A retraction due to fraud already torches your career. It's a black mark that makes it harder to get funding, and it's one of the few reasons a university might revoke tenure. And you will be explaining it to every future employer in an interview.

There generally aren't penalties beyond that in the West because - outside of libel - lying is usually protected as free speech




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