1. Ivan Oransky, MD
Co-Founder, Retraction Watch
Distinguished Writer In Residence, NYU (Journalism)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYU
@ivanoransky/@retractionwatch
The Retraction Watch Database
Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools Workshop
Berkeley
August 27, 2018
2. What Happens to Retracted Papers’
Citations?
-Assn of College & Research Libraries 2011
3. What Happens to Retracted Papers’
Citations?
-Assn of College & Research Libraries 2011
Of 391 citations analyzed, only 6%
acknowledge the retraction.
5. What Happens to Retracted Papers’
Citations?
The major findings are that both citation
counts and Mendeley reader counts
continue to grow after retraction.
6. Do Journals Get the Word Out?
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication,
January 8, 2018
7. Do Journals Get the Word Out?
Of the 812 records for retracted
publications, 40.0% (n=325) did not
indicate that the paper had been
retracted.
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication,
January 8, 2018
8. Retractions By The Numbers
Year # of Retractions # of Papers Published %
2000 36 1MM .004
2008 360 1.2MM .030
2010 4822 1.4MM .344*
2014 802 1.6MM .050
2016 1359 1.8MM .068
retractiondatabase.org