A github utility to discover retracted articles in your .bib

Gaurav writes:

I just created a small utility to discover retracted articles in your .bib if it is on GitHub. It consults retraction watch DB.

Unfortunately the vast vast vast majority of bad papers are not retracted. Even my own papers with errors are not retracted; they just have correction notices (which I think was the appropriate thing to do in those cases).

So I don’t think Gaurav’s utility will do much. Still, it’s a good thought.