Analysis of Citations to Biomedical Articles Affected by Scientific Misconduct |
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Authors: | Anne Victoria Neale Rhonda K Dailey Judith Abrams |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 101 E. Alexandrine, #249, Detroit, MI 48201, USA;(2) Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 101 E. Alexandrine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA;(3) Integrated Biostatistics Unit, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4160 John R Street, Suite 716, Detroit, MI 48201, USA |
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Abstract: | We describe the ongoing citations to biomedical articles affected by scientific misconduct, and characterize the papers that
cite these affected articles. The citations to 102 articles named in official findings of scientific misconduct during the
period of 1993 and 2001 were identified through the Institute for Scientific Information Web of Science database. Using a
stratified random sampling strategy, we performed a content analysis of 603 of the 5,393 citing papers to identify indications
of awareness that the cited articles affected by scientific misconduct had validity issues, and to examine how the citing
papers referred to the affected articles. Fewer than 5% of citing papers indicated any awareness that the cited article was
retracted or named in a finding of misconduct. We also tested the hypothesis that affected articles would have fewer citations
than a comparison sample; this was not supported. Most articles affected by misconduct were published in basic science journals,
and we found little cause for concern that such articles may have affected clinical equipoise or clinical care. |
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