New study: Citations to retracted papers "are more likely to come from audiences…unfamiliar with the field of the retracted paper. In addition, we find this association to be much stronger among those citing high-status journals, consistent with the behavior of scientists relying on heuristic search instead of engaged search process." https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00303
PS: This is a polite way to refer to careless research and the reach for prestige-by-association.
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