Science paper piracy site Sci-Hub shares lots of retracted papers

peter.suber's bookmarks 2025-01-07

Summary:

"Researchers obtained a list of nearly 17,000 retracted papers and searched for them on Sci-Hub. They then visually examined the documents that were returned. They found that 85 percent of them contained no indication that the paper had been retracted. "The availability of [unlabeled retracted articles] in the field of health sciences is particularly high," they note, "which indicates a significant risk of their unintended use and further citation in future research." ..."

Link:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/science-paper-piracy-site-sci-hub-shares-lots-of-retracted-papers/

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oa.new oa.sci-hub oa.retractions oa.negative oa.quality oa.scholcomm oa.open_science oa.guerrilla

Date tagged:

01/07/2025, 16:03

Date published:

01/07/2025, 05:38