Highly cited retracted papers

Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva () and Judit Dobránszki ()
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Judit Dobránszki: University of Debrecen

Scientometrics, 2017, vol. 110, issue 3, No 30, 1653-1661

Abstract: Abstract We examine the number of citations in 10 highly cited retracted papers, and compare their current pre- and post-citation values. We offer some possible explanations for the continued citation of these retracted papers, and point out some of the risks that may be involved for the communities that continue to cite them. In general, retracted papers should not be cited, but often there is fault with unclear publisher web-sites, the existence of pirate web-sites or sites that display copies of the unretracted version of the paper, or even the insistent citation of a retracted paper because the results remain valid, or because the authors (most likely) refuse to accept the retracted status of that paper, or continue to believe that the core findings of the study remain valid.

Keywords: Citations; Fraud; Misconduct; PubMed; Reference validation; Retraction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-2227-4

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