link: http://iai.asm.org/cgi/reprint/IAI.05661-11v1
Ferric C. Fang & Arturo Casadevall
Retracted Science and the Retraction Index
Infec. Immun. doi:10.1128/IAI.05661-11
Abstract: Articles may be retracted when their findings are no longer
considered trustworthy due to scientific misconduct or error, they
plagiarize previously published work, or are found to violate ethical
guidelines. Using a novel measure that we call the “retraction index,”
we found that the frequency of retraction varies among journals and
shows a strong correlation with the journal impact factor.
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(with special attention to Figure 1, Retraction Index vs. Impact Factor)
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David J. Schuller
modern man in a post-modern world
MacCHESS, Cornell University
schul...@cornell.edu
