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- Collected Twitter data from Altmetric.com on January 26, 2018
- Large increases in tweets after retraction (42 before vs. 502 after retraction)
- This specific paper’s Altmetric score is in the top 5% for all research – meaning that its retraction played a huge role beyond the scientific community

Allegation of scientific misconduct increases Twitter attention data collection

Bornmann, L., & Haunschild, R. (2018). Allegation of scientific misconduct increases Twitter attention. Scientometrics, 115(2), 1097-1100. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11192-018-2698-6

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