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Jiggly1984 t1_j0jiioy wrote

Reply to comment by Sinapine in Researchers investigated the citation frequency of retracted scientific papers in science. They found that the retraction of papers only has a limited effect on citation (decreases citation frequency by ~60%) compared to non-retracted papers. Thus, retracted papers often live on. by Alysdexic

I'm not in the sciences, but I'm kind of surprised there isn't already something like you describe. In the legal field we have the ability to near-instantly find out if a particular statute, regulation, or case has been invalidated, criticized, overruled, and so forth. I know it would be more difficult to implement in terms of detailed info, but the ability to quickly identify whether a source or citation relied upon has been updated or retracted seems straightforward.

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DocDez t1_j0jj4td wrote

This would be a comparatively easier task too.

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Jiggly1984 t1_j0jkuh3 wrote

I would think so too... Mainly looking to compare the documents for changes and looking for key words like correction or retraction.

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DocDez t1_j0jmbd2 wrote

Even easier than that, errata are formally published documents by a journal saying “actually, we messed up, please ignore that last thing we said”. It attaches to the underlying work forever. It’s closer to an appeals court reversing a trial courts decision: pretty hard to miss and very clearly marked every time.

Edit: first redditor to tell Zotero gets the big bucks.

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Hypernova1912 t1_j0jo1qb wrote

They've apparently already implemented it, though as of the linked post only for papers with a DOI or PMID entered. Not sure if they expanded it in Zotero 6.

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Sinapine t1_j0jsoc6 wrote

Hopefully endnote will get something similar. I'll always use whatever my employer gets a group license for and it seems that most places use endnote.

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