Why growing retractions are (mostly) a good sign

Daniele Fanelli

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001563

Why growing retractions are (mostly) a good sign

PLoS Med. 2013 Dec;10(12):e1001563. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001563. Epub 2013 Dec 3.

Author

Daniele Fanelli¹

Affiliation

¹ Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Abstract

In a new Essay in the Research Integrity Series, Daniele Fanelli examines the evidence and possible reasons for the rising number of retractions.

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Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Publications / ethics
Publications / standards*
Publications / statistics & numerical data

Grants and funding

This research was supported by a COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics, publicationethics.org) Small Research Grant. The author was supported by a Leverhulme Early-Career fellowship (ECF/2010/0131). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.