What is it about?
The percentage of retractions of this type that we know about is very small, but the potential negative implications for the researcher are enormous. While the retraction notice may make it clear that the authors were not at fault, unfortunately the reality is that often these notices may not be read by those who need to see them, or by the time they’re seen it’s too late.
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Why is it important?
The potential negative implications for the researcher are enormous. Loss of funding, tenure, or professional growth may be impacted.
Perspectives
There are complex problems we are all trying to solve and deal with, but this should not be one of them. The most frustrating aspect of this scenario is how obviously and easily it can be avoided: Simply don’t call it a “retraction.” Call it a “publisher error,” which is what it is. Or find something else to call it, preferably without using the word “retraction” or its weasel-word synonym, “withdrawal.” Just don’t say that the article has been “retracted.”
Mr Adam Etkin
Springer Publishing Co
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This page is a summary of: Dopey Dupe Retractions: How Publisher Error Hurts Researchers, Editorial Office News, December 2016, International Society for Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE),
DOI: 10.18243/eon/2016.9.11.2.
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