Why Growing Retractions Are (Mostly) a Good Sign
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Why Growing Retractions Are (Mostly) a Good Sign
Retractions of scientific papers have recently been in the spotlight. Unfortunately, the interpretation of statistics about them is often flawed. The realisation that most retractions follow from scientific misconduct [1] seems to have reinforced, in the minds of both scientists and journalists, the idea that data on retractions, and generally data on findings of misconduct, provide information...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001563