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Bibliometric and Altmetric Analysis of Retracted Articles on COVID-19.
Khan, Hiba; Gupta, Prakash; Zimba, Olena; Gupta, Latika.
  • Khan H; Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • Gupta P; Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation College of Medicine, San Carlos City, Pangasinan, Philippines.
  • Zimba O; Department of Internal Medicine No.2, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine.
  • Gupta L; Department of Rheumatology, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK. drlatikagupta@gmail.com.
J Korean Med Sci ; 37(6): e44, 2022 Feb 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1686445
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

With greater use of social media platforms for promotions of research articles, retracted articles tend to receive approximately the same attention. We systematically analyzed retracted articles from retractionwatch.com to look at the Altmetric Attention Scores (AAS) garnered over a period of time in order to highlight the role of social media and other platforms in advertising retracted articles and its effect on the spread of misinformation.

METHODS:

Retractionwatch.com was searched for coronavirus disease 2019 related retracted papers on November 6th, 2021. Articles were excluded based on lack of digital object identifier (DOI), if they were preprint articles, absent AAS, and incomplete AAS of pre retraction, post retraction, or both scores.

RESULTS:

A total of 196 articles were found on the Retraction Watch website of which 189 were retracted papers and 7 were expression of concern (EOC). We then identified 175 articles after excluding those that did not have a DOI and 30 preprint articles were also excluded giving 145 articles. Further exclusion of articles with absent AAS and incomplete AAS resulted in a total of 22 articles.

CONCLUSION:

Retracted articles receive significant online attention. Twitter and Mendeley were the most popular medium for publicizing retracted articles, therefore more focus should be given by journals and their Twitter accounts to discredit all their retracted articles. Preprints should be reconsidered as a whole by journals due to the huge risk they carry in disseminating false information.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Retraction of Publication as Topic / Bibliometrics / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Korean Med Sci Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jkms.2022.37.e44

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Retraction of Publication as Topic / Bibliometrics / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Korean Med Sci Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jkms.2022.37.e44