One in six of the papers you cite in a review has been retracted. What do you do?
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One in six of the papers you cite in a review has been retracted. What do you do?
What is this about?
Retraction Watch brings in questions on how to deal with one's publication when it is heavily relied on research that might contain errors or misconduct issues. A researcher was faced with a difficult dilemma when she realised that a large proportion of the papers on her review on vitamin D links to Parkinson's Disease had been retracted.
Why is this important?
Reviews often serve as an important source of evidence in informing policy and practice. This factual case is a very interesting starting point for debate (universities, students, researchers, policy makers) on how to approach reviews and conclusions based on research that has been, for various reasons, retracted.
