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Second Order Retractions
Second order retractions refer to articles that have cited retracted articles. LibKey Nomad, a tool the library subscribes to, now includes data from Retraction Watch and Crossmark and has found over 500,000 articles that have cited one or more retracted articles. Third Iron, the creator of LibKey, updates this information daily.
Does This Paper Cite Retracted Materials?
To find out if your paper is a second order retraction, first find the paper's DOI or PMID number (PMIDs can be found in PubMed):
Then, copy and paste the number into the search bar at the LibKey website:
It will ask you to select your library. Select Treadwell Library using the drop-down menu:
You will see an alert that the paper has cited a retracted article:
Click the retracted article to view the reason for retraction:
