The Retraction Penalty: Evidence from the Web of Science
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Output type: Journal article
Author list: Lu SF, Jin GZ, Uzzi B, Jones B
Publisher: Nature Research
Publication year: 2013
Journal: Scientific Reports (2045-2322)
Volume number: 3
ISSN: 2045-2322
eISSN: 2045-2322
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Full text URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep03146.pdf
Abstract
Scientific articles are retracted at increasing rates, with the highest rates among top journals. Here we show that a single retraction triggers citation losses through an author's prior body of work. Compared to closely-matched control papers, citations fall by an average of 6.9% per year for each prior publication. These chain reactions are sustained on authors' papers (a) published up to a decade earlier and (b) connected within the authors' own citation network by up to 4 degrees of separation from the retracted publication. Importantly, however, citation losses among prior work disappear when authors self-report the error. Our analyses and results span the range of scientific disciplines.
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