An observation framework for retracted publications in multiple dimensions

Feng, Lingzi; Yuan, Junpeng; Yang, Liying

doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03702-3

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“…The negative repercussions on authors and co-authors of retracted articles have been shown also by other works such as (Azoulay et al 2017) (Mongeon et al 2016) (Shuai et al 2017). Along the same lines, Feng et al (2020) introduced a multi-dimensional observation framework using four dimensions, including scientific impact, technological impact, funding impact and Altmetric impact. Others have discussed possible approaches to avoid retraction and related issues in citing retracted papers.…”

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A qualitative and quantitative analysis of open citations to retracted articles: the Wakefield 1998 et al.'s case

Heibi

Peroni

2021

Scientometrics

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In this article, we show the results of a quantitative and qualitative analysis of open citations on a popular and highly cited retracted paper: “Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis and pervasive developmental disorder in children” by Wakefield et al., published in 1998. The main purpose of our study is to understand the behavior of the publications citing one retracted article and the characteristics of the citations the retracted article accumulated over time. Our analysis is based on a methodology which illustrates how we gathered the data, extracted the topics of the citing articles and visualized the results. The data and services used are all open and free to foster the reproducibility of the analysis. The outcomes concerned the analysis of the entities citing Wakefield et al.’s article and their related in-text citations. We observed a constant increasing number of citations in the last 20 years, accompanied with a constant increment in the percentage of those acknowledging its retraction. Citing articles have started either discussing or dealing with the retraction of Wakefield et al.’s article even before its full retraction happened in 2010. Articles in the social sciences domain citing the Wakefield et al.’s one were among those that have mostly discussed its retraction. In addition, when observing the in-text citations, we noticed that a large number of the citations received by Wakefield et al.’s article has focused on general discussions without recalling strictly medical details, especially after the full retraction. Medical studies did not hesitate in acknowledging the retraction of the Wakefield et al.’s article and often provided strong negative statements on it.

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confidence: 76%

A qualitative and quantitative analysis of open citations to retracted articles: the Wakefield 1998 et al.'s case

Heibi

Peroni

2021

Scientometrics

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“…The findings suggested that RNs had become more transparent, or complete, over time. Feng et al (2020) found that, until June 2020, a reason for retraction was provided in all of the 63 RNs found for Cell and The Lancet .…”

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Fortification of retraction notices to improve their transparency and usefulness

Silva¹,

Vuong

2021

Learned Publishing

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Retraction notices (RNs) are historical documents and must be as informative as possible to ensure the scholarly record is complete. • RNs must be complete, informative, open, transparent, and comprehensive, and must include clear indication of fault and responsibility. • A guideline about what RNs should or should not contain will help to ensure consistency and completeness. • Declarations-related retractions can be prevented by conducting a thorough check in the initial quality check. • The issuer of the RN should be named in the notice, and may include the name of research institutions and funders if necessary. • To ensure complete transparency, RNs should include details of any investigation that supported the decision.

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“…Other negative repercussions on authors and co-authors of retracted articles have been demonstrated also by other works such as [ 5 – 7 ]. Another interesting and recent work done by [ 8 ] has defined a multi-dimensional observation framework for retracted publications based on four dimensions: scientific impact, technological impact, funding impact and Altmetric impact. The aim of [ 8 ] was to describe and represent the impact of the retracted publications on the scientific community more comprehensively.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Another interesting and recent work done by [ 8 ] has defined a multi-dimensional observation framework for retracted publications based on four dimensions: scientific impact, technological impact, funding impact and Altmetric impact. The aim of [ 8 ] was to describe and represent the impact of the retracted publications on the scientific community more comprehensively. Beside taking into consideration the entire life cycle of the retracted articles, the authors of [ 9 ] for example focused on the analysis of the citations made before the retraction.…”

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A protocol to gather, characterize and analyze incoming citations of retracted articles

Heibi

Peroni

2022

PLoS ONE

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In this article, we present a methodology which takes as input a collection of retracted articles, gathers the entities citing them, characterizes such entities according to multiple dimensions (disciplines, year of publication, sentiment, etc.), and applies a quantitative and qualitative analysis on the collected values. The methodology is composed of four phases: (1) identifying, retrieving, and extracting basic metadata of the entities which have cited a retracted article, (2) extracting and labeling additional features based on the textual content of the citing entities, (3) building a descriptive statistical summary based on the collected data, and finally (4) running a topic modeling analysis. The goal of the methodology is to generate data and visualizations that help understanding possible behaviors related to retraction cases. We present the methodology in a structured step-by-step form following its four phases, discuss its limits and possible workarounds, and list the planned future improvements.

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An observation framework for retracted publications in multiple dimensions

Cited by 17 publications

References 14 publications

A qualitative and quantitative analysis of open citations to retracted articles: the Wakefield 1998 et al.'s case

A qualitative and quantitative analysis of open citations to retracted articles: the Wakefield 1998 et al.'s case

Fortification of retraction notices to improve their transparency and usefulness

A protocol to gather, characterize and analyze incoming citations of retracted articles

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