Disinformation in Science: Ethical Considerations for Citing Retracted Works

Million, A.J.; Budd, John M.

doi:10.1002/pra2.1025

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

2024

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.1025

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Disinformation in Science: Ethical Considerations for Citing Retracted Works

A.J. Million

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John M. Budd

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Abstract: This paper discusses the ethical implications of citing retracted biomedical literature, particularly in the context of spreading misinformation within scholarly discourse. It examines the responsibility of scientists to combat disinformation and uphold ethical standards in their research practices. To guide our discussion, we studied citations of the most often cited retracted works containing disinformation in Web of Science. Our findings confirm prior research and demonstrate that most citations to retracte… Show more

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“…This problem occurs in various fields, including computer science and biomedical research, where retracted papers are often cited in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. A major cause for this is that the authors are not informed about the status of article retractions, either because they do not receive enough notifications in journals and databases or because they depend on saved copies or find uncorrected versions available on open-access platforms (Million and Budd, 2024).…”

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A qualitative study on gender barriers to access cataract surgery in rural Gurugram, Haryana, India

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Sharma

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2022

British Journal of Visual Impairment

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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“…This problem occurs in various fields, including computer science and biomedical research, where retracted papers are often cited in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. A major cause for this is that the authors are not informed about the status of article retractions, either because they do not receive enough notifications in journals and databases or because they depend on saved copies or find uncorrected versions available on open-access platforms (Million and Budd, 2024).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A qualitative study on gender barriers to access cataract surgery in rural Gurugram, Haryana, India

Sharma¹,

Sharma²,

Sharma

³

2022

British Journal of Visual Impairment

2

0

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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Zombie papers in social psychology: A look into Smeesters’ seven retracted articles and their citations

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2026

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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