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ArticleSouthern medical journal2022

Continued Visibility of COVID-19 Article Removals.

Christopher J Peterson, Caleb Anderson, Kenneth Nugent

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Article in Southern medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. "They Only Silence the Truth": COVID-19 retractions and the politicization of science.Public understanding of science (Bristol, England) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christopher J PetersonFrom the School of Medicine, and the Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock.
Caleb AndersonFrom the School of Medicine, and the Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock.
Kenneth NugentFrom the School of Medicine, and the Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has produced an unprecedented amount of scientific research as well as a high number of article retractions. Social and news media have been used to disseminate scientific research, and this can include retracted or withdrawn research. This risks the persistence of low-quality research and may contribute to controversial ideas or conspiracy theories.

methodsWe examined 34 retracted or withdrawn coronavirus disease 2019 articles using alternative metrics.

resultsThese articles continued to receive social and news media mentions up to 180 days postremoval, although most mentions occurred within 30 days postremoval. Articles available on preprint servers accounted for 45.5% of total mentions.

conclusionsA significant, positive correlation was observed among Scimago Journal Rank, Immediacy Index, and Journal Citation Index, and total article mentions.

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COVID-19Humans

Identifiers

PMID35649522
PMCPMC9154080

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