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. 2008 Jan;9(1):2.

doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401143.

Retraction rates are on the rise

Murat Cokol, Fatih Ozbay, Raul Rodriguez-Esteban

PMID: 18174889
PMCID: PMC2246630
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401143

Retraction rates are on the rise

Murat Cokol et al. EMBO Rep. 2008 Jan.

. 2008 Jan;9(1):2.

doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401143.

Authors

Murat Cokol, Fatih Ozbay, Raul Rodriguez-Esteban

PMID: 18174889
PMCID: PMC2246630
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401143

No abstract available

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Number of articles and the percentage of articles retracted since 1950 as recorded in Medline.

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References

1. Cokol M, Iossifov I, Rodriguez-Esteban R, Rzhetsky A (2007) How many scientific papers should be retracted? EMBO Rep 8: 422–423 - PMC - PubMed

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