Sharing of retracted COVID-19 articles: an altmetric study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examines the extent to which retracted articles pertaining to COVID-19 have been shared via social and mass media based on altmetric scores.

Methods

Seventy-one retracted articles related to COVID-19 were identified from relevant databases, of which thirty-nine had an Altmetric Attention Score obtained using the Altmetrics Bookmarklet. Data extracted from the articles include overall attention score and demographics of sharers (e.g., geographic location, professional affiliation).

Results

Retracted articles related to COVID-19 were shared tens of thousands of times to an audience of potentially hundreds of millions of readers and followers. Twitter was the largest medium for sharing these articles, and the United States was the country with the mo

SUBMITTER: Shamsi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830369 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature