ArticlePLoS medicine2013
Why growing retractions are (mostly) a good sign.
Article in PLoS medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
62 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Causes for Retraction in the Biomedical Literature: A Systematic Review of Studies of Retraction Notices.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Pooled it
- Research misconduct in health and life sciences research: A systematic review of retracted literature from Brazilian institutions.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Misconduct, Marginality and Editorial Practices in Management, Business and Economics Journals.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
- Scientists Admitting to Plagiarism: A Meta-analysis of Surveys.Science and engineering ethics · 2015Pooled it
- Examining retracted papers in the "Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Medical Imaging" category in the Web of Science database.Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Analysis of Retractions in Nursing from Publications Between 2000 and 2024: A Bibliometric Analysis Using Retraction Watch.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Critical reflections on "Analyzing Retraction trends in urology: A comprehensive study over the last decade" by Yanes et al.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- Factors related to the severity of research misconduct administrative actions: An analysis of office of research integrity case summaries from 1993 to 2023.Accountability in research · 2025Article
- An extra pair of eyes: adopting innovative approaches to detect integrity issues in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Article
- Publication integrity: what is it, why does it matter, how it is safeguarded and how could we do better?Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2025Review
- Identifying fabricated networks within authorship-for-sale enterprises.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Retracted articles in scientific literature: A bibliometric analysis from 2003 to 2022 using the Web of Science.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Characteristics of retracted articles in ophthalmology.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Reducing the residue of retractions in evidence synthesis: ways to minimise inappropriate citation and use of retracted data.BMJ evidence-based medicine · 2024Article
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- An analysis of retracted papers in Computer Science.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Transparency in conducting and reporting research: A survey of authors, reviewers, and editors across scholarly disciplines.PloS one · 2023Article
- Reducing the Inadvertent Spread of Retracted Science: recommendations from the RISRS report.Research integrity and peer review · 2022Article
- Authorship Issues When Articles are Retracted Due to Research Misconduct and Then Resubmitted.Science and engineering ethics · 2022Article
2 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
1 author.
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Abstract
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Registered trials
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