[Feature Request<SOLVED>] Paper Retraction Checker?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 1:01 pm
Endnote has just added a tool to check for whether a paper has been retracted when you are citing it (in their CWYW tool). Zotero, Papers and a few others have already supported checking for retractions for some time. There are several sources of this data. Zotero, Papers, Endnote etc. are apparently using the retraction watch database (which is free for non-commercial use at least, not sure what the exact model is: http://retractiondatabase.org/RetractionSearch.aspx | https://retractionwatch.com ), whereas there is also Pubmed and Crossref sources (combined together with an open API here: http://openretractions.com ). So at least the first part, data, should be OK, although the details of whether retraction-watch or open-retractions should be used remains.
The second part would be how to implement this. One way would be per-ref as an option in the context menu or refs menu. Another would be as a database-wide search (if the APIs allow that). Finally at least Papers and Endnote seem to be flagging a retraction when the user is actually citing the paper. The Inspector may also be a good place to expose this information in the UI as it is already being used for citation links?
And, given the Applescript interface, we users could always develop a script to check selected references, depending on what Jon decides on adding this as a feature...
As an aside, bookends users can add a simple per ref search if you use this setting in your OpenURL Bookends prefs, this will open in a browser and if there is a 404 error it means no retraction info, or it can return some data in JSON format detailing either a retraction or a correction:
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Endnote info: https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s ... uage=en_US — Papers info: https://www.papersapp.com/blog-papers-a ... n-support/ — An interesting summary (as of 2020) by a librarian: https://medium.com/a-academic-librarian ... 63a6632f1e
The second part would be how to implement this. One way would be per-ref as an option in the context menu or refs menu. Another would be as a database-wide search (if the APIs allow that). Finally at least Papers and Endnote seem to be flagging a retraction when the user is actually citing the paper. The Inspector may also be a good place to expose this information in the UI as it is already being used for citation links?
And, given the Applescript interface, we users could always develop a script to check selected references, depending on what Jon decides on adding this as a feature...
As an aside, bookends users can add a simple per ref search if you use this setting in your OpenURL Bookends prefs, this will open in a browser and if there is a 404 error it means no retraction info, or it can return some data in JSON format detailing either a retraction or a correction:
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Endnote info: https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s ... uage=en_US — Papers info: https://www.papersapp.com/blog-papers-a ... n-support/ — An interesting summary (as of 2020) by a librarian: https://medium.com/a-academic-librarian ... 63a6632f1e