According to data from Mendeley, 91% of retracted articles in the study were read, while 84% were read and cited. This suggests that there is a correlation between readership and citations. 

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Articles are often cited after being retracted. When the retraction is due to faulty data or other issues that impact the conclusion of the study, this leads to the propagation of misinformation in the scientific community. 


Post-Retraction Citations

Bar-Ilan, J., & Halevi, G. (2020). Retracted articles: The scientific version of fake news. In R. Greifeneder, M. Jaffé, E. J. Newman, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), The psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation (pp. 47–70). London: Routledge. 

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