I think they fudged the data in this paper... JPK
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 6:30 PM, David Schuller <[email protected]> wrote: > link: http://iai.asm.org/cgi/reprint/IAI.05661-11v1 > > Ferric C. Fang & Arturo Casadevall > Retracted Science and the Retraction Index > Infec. Immun. doi:10.1128/IAI.05661-11 > > Abstract: Articles may be retracted when their findings are no longer > considered trustworthy due to scientific misconduct or error, they > plagiarize previously published work, or are found to violate ethical > guidelines. Using a novel measure that we call the “retraction index,” we > found that the frequency of retraction varies among journals and shows a > strong correlation with the journal impact factor. > ... > > (with special attention to Figure 1, Retraction Index vs. Impact Factor) > > > -- > ======================================================================= > All Things Serve the Beam > ======================================================================= > David J. Schuller > modern man in a post-modern world > MacCHESS, Cornell University > [email protected] > -- ******************************************* Jacob Pearson Keller Northwestern University Medical Scientist Training Program cel: 773.608.9185 email: [email protected] *******************************************
