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Exclusive: the papers that most heavily cite retracted studies

Data from giant project show how withdrawn research propagates through the literature.
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In January, a review paper1 about ways to detect human illnesses by examining the eye appeared in a conference proceedings published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in New York City. But neither its authors nor its editors noticed that 60% of the papers it cited had already been retracted.

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Nature 633, 13-15 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02719-5

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  • Update 02 September 2024: This story has been updated to include mention of a website that reported Marcel Dinger’s comments relating to the citation of retracted papers.

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