Continued use of retracted papers¶
Hsiao, T., & Schneider, J. (2021). Continued use of retracted papers: Temporal trends in citations and (lack of) awareness of retractions shown in citation contexts in biomedicine. Quantitative Science Studies, 2(4), 1144-1169.
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Primes¶
- Brandolini's Law
- Scientific fraud and retraction — fabricating a result takes weeks; verifying, replicating, and retracting takes years and often fails to overtake the original's citation trajectory.
This sourceShows retracted papers keep accruing citations for years and that only 5.4% of post-retraction citation contexts acknowledge the retraction — the correction failing to overtake the original's citation trajectory.
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The paper shows retractions take years and retracted papers keep being cited, with only 5.4% of later citations noting the retraction, but not the weeks-to-fabricate half or fraud specifically.
“Our findings show that retracted papers in biomedicine were mostly retracted within 3 years after publication and continued to be cited after retraction.”
- Scientific fraud and retraction — fabricating a result takes weeks; verifying, replicating, and retracting takes years and often fails to overtake the original's citation trajectory.
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