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Key Takeaways from the Retracted Articles Study
- Contributing to the spread of misinformation, articles that have been retracted often become free
- Access becomes easier to the public
- Articles continue to be cited after retraction
- Time gap between publication and retraction has been shorted due to technology
- Little over a year (now) versus estimated 10 years (past)
- However, information spreads faster due to social media
- A year is still enough time to influence medical and biomedical scientific process on many levels
- Misinformation is not just incorrect information
- Selective inclusion or manipulation of the data affirms the author’s claims
- Debates continue to happen about retracted articles
- Even after the science has been proven fault, people are more likely to believe information that supports their opinions
- Information that has been proven false is not always supported
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Updated 2021-10-23
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