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dc.contributor.advisorSievert, Mary Ellen C.eng
dc.contributor.authorPeterson, Gabriel Miner, 1973-eng
dc.date.issued2006eng
dc.date.submitted2006 Falleng
dc.descriptionThe entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file.eng
dc.descriptionTitle from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on May 6, 2009)eng
dc.descriptionVita.eng
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2006.eng
dc.description.abstractThis research is a bibliometric study that measures incidence of citation of the flawed and corrected versions of scholarly articles. If the practice of correction and republication is effective, then the incidence of citation of the flawed version should diminish, and increased incidence of citation of the republication should be observed. If there is no difference between citation levels for corrected and republished versions of articles (or if citation of the flawed originals is higher than that of the corrected versions), then correction and republication is not effective at preventing the citation of flawed publications that have been officially withdrawn by their authors or publishers. A statistically significant difference between citation levels of flawed originals and corrected republications is not detected until 8-12 years post-republication. Results showed substantial variability among sources in their provision of authoritative bibliographic information. The assertion that inappropriate citation behavior may be partly attributable to author ignorance is not refuted by the data. This study demonstrates that the practice of correction and republication is only marginally effective. The research shows that the practice of correction and republication does not prevent the continued citation of flawed articles post-correction, detecting only a slight decrease in the citation of flawed articles after publication of the corrected version. It is possible that the practice would be made more effective if prominent sources of bibliographic information were more consistent in providing users with information about the status of anomalous articles and the existence of post-publication modifications to the literature. It is certainly incumbent upon the scientific community to improve the effectiveness of making searchers aware of post-publication changes to the literature in order to prevent the potentially tragic consequences of application of flawed information by scientists and medical professionals. Failure to do so will undoubtedly result in a reduction of public trust in the reliability scientific literature and its users.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.identifier.merlinb67361584eng
dc.identifier.oclc320365009eng
dc.identifier.oclc320365009eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/4491eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/4491
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.subject.lcshBibliometricseng
dc.titleThe effectiveness of the practice of correction and republication of the biomedical literature : a bibliometric analysiseng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineInformation science and learning technologies (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelDoctoraleng
thesis.degree.namePh. D.eng


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