The (lack of) Impact of Retraction on Citation Networks

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-137

  Madlock Brown, Charisse R ^a   Eichmann, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation networks; Publication ethics; Retractions; Scientific misconduct

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLISHING; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WRITING;

EID: 84896550525     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-014-9532-1     Document Type: Article

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