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Table 4 Mention of retraction on the original article

From: Visibility of retractions: a cross-sectional one-year study

 

n (%)

Original article (n = 233):

 

Deletion

42 (18)

No Mention

52 (22)

Mention

139 (60)

  both website and article

101 (43)

 article

14 (6)

  website

22 (10)

  other*

2 (1)

If mention available on article (n = 115), details:

 

  At least a clear indication†

80 (70)

  present without notes

72 (63)

  present with notes at the end

5 (4)

  present with notes at the beginning

3 (3)

  Notes only

35 (30)

  at the end

9 (8)

  at the beginning

19 (16)

  both at the beginning and the end

7 (6)

  1. * One empty pdf marked “retraction” with no mention on the website and one article with a mention on the website for which the paper was no longer available in pdf format but which was available as html text.
  2. † Clear indication is for example printed diagonally across the paper.