“For every paper like these two, there are hundreds or thousands that stay. Not because they are more defensible. Because nobody had two years to spare.” - Valentin Rodionov
There are a lot of these. Most of these stories are not that worthwhile to read, but I think this one is as it shows the challenge in ensuring that research reported in high impact journals is not fraudulent. I think the process of pre-publication peer review is broken and we will see over time its replacement with post publication review.