Most tweets prior to retraction, second most tweets on the day of retraction 

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Reason for retracting the Bae et al. publication was due to no recognition of limit of detection, LOD
- “LOD” not mentioned in tweets before retraction and only 19 times since retraction
- “Limit of detection” only mentioned once before retraction and 7 times after
- 3 tweets included both “LOD” and “limit of detection”
- Tweets about the publication did not talk about the reason for retraction, and only 0.5% of the tweets after retraction mentioned it

Can tweets be used to detect problems early with scientific papers? A case study of three retracted COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 papers findings - Bae et al.

Haunschild, R., & Bornmann, L. (2021). Can tweets be used to detect problems early with scientific papers? A case study of three retracted COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 papers. Scientometrics, 1-19. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-021-03962-7 

Can tweets be used to detect problems early with scientific papers? A case study of three retracted COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 papers

Can tweets be used to detect problems early with scientific papers? A case study of three retracted COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 papers findings - Bae et al. figure

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