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Rising of Retracted Research Works and Challenges in Information Systems: Need New Features for Information Retrieval and Interactions
Source Publication (e.g., journal title)
CHIIR '23: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-20-2023
DOI
10.1145/3576840.3578281
Abstract
This perspective paper analyzes the rising threat of retracted scientific works and the challenges of preventing the continued spreading and use of the retracted science; further, a framework is proposed for research and actions to effectively manage retractions in the information ecosystem. The precipitous increase in retractions of scientific publications is real and the complexity of retracting publications challenges current IR systems and people's information behaviors. Retracting published, especially peer-reviewed, papers in prestigious venues is a complex phenomenon involving various entities through often time-consuming processes. These publications may be accessible from the original venues, digital archives, or free-access databases, but these systems differ in retrievability and output. Many systems do not identify the retractions or reasons for retractions; most systems do not treat the retracted paper and its related notices (retraction or correction) as an integrated entity. Studies found that many retracted publications continue to be cited post-retraction as valid science. A new threat is the widely spread of retracted publications on social media. Retracting invalid scientific publications has serious implications in the real world. Based on current findings, we propose (1) a framework for further research; (2) a DOI resolution to integrate the documents related to retraction/correction; (3) a structured facet taxonomy for representing and indexing the retracted, corrected, or republished publications in databases; (4) a retraction registry or database with personalized AI helper for researchers to tract retracted publications; (5) an approach for understanding how retracted publications are circulated on social media.
Recommended Citation
Peiling Wang. 2023. Rising of Retracted Research Works and Challenges in Information Systems: Need New Features for Information Retrieval and Interactions. In Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 69–82. https://doi.org/10.1145/3576840.3578281
Submission Type
Publisher's Version
Comments
Presented on March 21, 2023