Sounds great for the arxiv! In fact, I would treat the retracted papers more like a data set than things to be cited. Then you get a nice paper with counts and

Sounds great for the arxiv! In fact, I would treat the retracted papers more like a data set than things to be cited. Then you get a nice paper with counts and statements about common themes, and references on those themes. Then post the dataset as supplementary material available on the arxiv.