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"We failed to reproduce the results published in [1]" is a citation. "Our findings directly contradict [1]" is a citation. Without context, number of citation
by maxnoe 5y ago
"We failed to reproduce the results published in [1]" is a citation.
"Our findings directly contradict [1]" is a citation.
Without context, number of citations doesn't tell you anything.
- mike_hearn 5y agoNegative citations are extremely rare. https://fantasticanachronism.com/2020/09/11/whats-wrong-with-social-science-and-how-to-fix-it/#or-Maybe-They-Don-39-t https://fantasticanachronism.com/2020/09/11/whats-wrong-with... "You might hypothesize that the citations of non-replicating papers are negative, but negative citations are extremely rare.5 One study puts the rate at 2.4%. Astonishingly, even after retraction the vast majority of citations are positive, and those positive citations continue for decades after retraction.6"