Other than detecting impact in advance, alternative metrics could act as early warning signs of retractions: tentative findings of a study into the papers retracted by PLoS ONE results - Altmetrics coverage and differences in means
- Average monthly views and downloads from PLoS and PubMed Central have no zeros in both the analyzed sample and control group
- Mendeley bookmarks also show high coverage rates
- Half of the articles were tweeted at least once – 54 tweets/year until papers are retracted in analysis group vs. 6 tweets/year until retraction for control group
- A lot less engagement and discussion on other sites such as blog posts, news outlets, and Wikipedia pages
- Found that retracted papers had more views, tweets, and comments overall compared to non-retracted publications
- Not a lot of difference in citations between the two groups on Scopus and Google Scholar, contrary to other research findings
- Retracted papers are 10 times more tweeted than non-retracted papers and are also more viewed and downloaded
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Other than detecting impact in advance, alternative metrics could act as early warning signs of retractions: tentative findings of a study into the papers retracted by PLoS ONE results - Altmetrics coverage and differences in means
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