NDLI: Analysis of Citations to Biomedical Articles Affected by Scientific Misconduct

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Neale, Anne Victoria Dailey, Rhonda K. Abrams, Judith
Copyright Year	2009
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 Fewer than 5% of citing papers indicated any awareness that the cited article was retracted or named in a finding of misconduct.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.
Starting Page	251
Ending Page	261
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13533452
Journal	Science and Engineering Ethics
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14715546
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-07-14
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Bibliometric analysis Journalology Journal citations Quantitative content analysis Retraction Scientific misconduct Philosophy Medicine/Public Health Biomedical Engineering Engineering Philosophy of Science Ethics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects Health (social science) Management of Technology and Innovation Health Policy

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