The persistence of error¶
Davis. (2012). The persistence of error: a study of retracted articles on the Internet and in personal libraries.
Cited by¶
1 citation across 1 artifact.
Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.
Domain-specific¶
- Correction Burial
- Newspaper and broadcast corrections — front-page errors corrected on the back-of-section corrections page, prime-time errors corrected in an off-peak slot or a low-traffic website note. Science communication and journal retractions — a retracted paper's correction read by a tiny fraction of those who saw or cited the original, retraction notices often paywalled while the discredited abstract stays open
This sourceStudy of retracted articles finding the originals persist publicly and in personal libraries without retraction statements, and that communicating corrections to readers is even harder than retraction. Study finding retracted articles continue to be cited as valid work for years after retraction and remain publicly accessible on non-publisher sites without retraction statements.
Supported in partVerified against the work's full text
“Retracted papers are readily found on non-publisher websites. Most of these copies are the publishers' version and contain no retraction statement.”
- Newspaper and broadcast corrections — front-page errors corrected on the back-of-section corrections page, prime-time errors corrected in an off-peak slot or a low-traffic website note. Science communication and journal retractions — a retracted paper's correction read by a tiny fraction of those who saw or cited the original, retraction notices often paywalled while the discredited abstract stays open
Verification¶
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