The News story 'Self-plagiarism case prompts calls for agencies to tighten rules' ( Nature 468, 745; 2010) stated that Reginald Smith had escaped censure for research misconduct for publishing duplicate papers. In fact, Smith was formally reprimanded for reuse of published materials and data in multiple publications, although separate allegations of data falsification and plagiarism were not upheld.
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Correction. Nature 468, 882 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/468882b
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