"Efficacy and risk of sexual orientation change efforts: a retrospective analysis of 125 exposed men", published in F1000Research in March 2021, found conversion therapy (referred to in the paper as sexual orientation change efforts) was "effective and safe". F1000Research is an open publishing platform where peer review takes place after publication.
F1000Research retracted the article on February 4 after two independent external reviews, according to the notice. The paper was originally published in F1000Research in March 2021, but a second version appeared five months later that had been revised to include a missing citation and corrected two misreported numbers. The retraction applies to both versions. The emails from F1000 revealed the paper was also retracted because it bore similarities to another article.
Sullins, the correspondent author of the paper, told in an email the authors are in the process of republishing the study at the Journal of Open Inquiry in the Behavioral Sciences, which claims to "share science, not control narratives", according to one of its founders.
More: https://retractionwatch.com/2025/02/21/conversion-therapy-paper-retracted-f1000/
