Governing knowledge in the scientific community: Exploring the role of retractions in biomedicine

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 276-290

  Furman, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Jensen, Kyle ^c,d   Murray, Fiona ^d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture   (United States)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

False science; Knowledge production; Retractions; Science policy; Scientific institutions

Indexed keywords

FALSE SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION; RETRACTIONS; SCIENCE POLICIES; SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84855958415     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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