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How do you know that it is a poor track record if you do not know how it is ranked against others?
by _Microft 6y ago
How do you know that it is a poor track record if you do not know how it is ranked against others?
- Gatsky 6y agoA top tier journal has 3 papers with >500 citations that turned out to be bullshit in the last 10 years. One of them is probably the premiere example of academic misconduct in the last 50 years, catalysing the anti-vax movement and causing untold harm. What's your definition of poor?
- jtc331 6y agoEven if the Lancet had published all top 10 highly cited papers, wouldn’t 3 of them being retracted be concerning to you?
- mkl 6y agoIt's a list of "Top 10 most highly cited retracted papers", not "Top 10 most highly cited papers". Without more information about highly cited papers in general (e.g. what proportion are in the Lancet?), we can't tell exactly how concerning 3 being from the Lancet should be.