Post retraction citations in context: a case study

Scientometrics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 547-565

  Bar Ilan, Judit ^a   Halevi, Gali ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative citations; Neutral citation; Positive citations; Post retraction citations; Retracted articles

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014195636     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2242-0     Document Type: Article

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