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Why do some retracted papers continue to be cited?

Overview of attention for article published in Scientometrics, November 2016
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (88th percentile)

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1 news outlet
blogs
2 blogs
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Title
Why do some retracted papers continue to be cited?
Published in
Scientometrics, November 2016
DOI 10.1007/s11192-016-2178-9
Authors

Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Helmar Bornemann-Cimenti

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Russia 2 3%
France 1 1%
Unknown 64 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 19%
Librarian 9 13%
Researcher 7 10%
Student > Bachelor 6 9%
Student > Master 5 7%
Other 12 18%
Unknown 15 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 15 22%
Computer Science 10 15%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 7%
Engineering 3 4%
Other 11 16%
Unknown 18 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 August 2023.
All research outputs
#1,334,290
of 25,383,225 outputs
Outputs from Scientometrics
#212
of 2,906 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#23,851
of 318,008 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Scientometrics
#7
of 53 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,383,225 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 94th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,906 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 92% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 318,008 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 92% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 53 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 88% of its contemporaries.