Are Papers with Open Data More Credible? An Analysis of Open Data Availability in Retracted PLoS Articles

Michael Lesk; Janice Bially Mattern; Heather Moulaison Sandy

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15742-5_14

Are Papers with Open Data More Credible? An Analysis of Open Data Availability in Retracted PLoS Articles

Michael Lesk, Janice Bially Mattern, Heather Moulaison Sandy

School of Communication and Information, Library and Information Science

Rutgers, The State University

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Abstract

Open data has been hailed as an important corrective for the credibility crisis in science. This paper makes an initial attempt to measure the relationship between open data and credible research by analyzing the number of retracted articles with attached or open data in an open access science journal. Using Retraction Watch, retracted papers published in PLoS between 2014 and 2018 are identified. Of the 152 total retracted papers, fewer than 15% attached their data. Since about half of the published articles have open data, and so few of the retracted ones do, we put forth the preliminary notion that open data, especially high quality and well-curated data, might imply scientific credibility.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Information in Contemporary Society - 14th International Conference, iConference 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Michelle H. Martin, Bonnie Nardi, Natalie Greene Taylor, Caitlin Christian-Lamb
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	154-161
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9783030157418
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15742-5_14
State	Published - 2019
Event	14th International Conference on Information in Contemporary Society, iConference 2019 - Washington, United States Duration: Mar 31 2019 → Apr 3 2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11420 LNCS

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Information in Contemporary Society, iConference 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	3/31/19 → 4/3/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

Keywords

Credibility
Open data
Retractions

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Lesk, M., Mattern, J. B., & Moulaison Sandy, H. (2019). Are Papers with Open Data More Credible? An Analysis of Open Data Availability in Retracted PLoS Articles. In M. H. Martin, B. Nardi, N. G. Taylor, & C. Christian-Lamb (Eds.), Information in Contemporary Society - 14th International Conference, iConference 2019, Proceedings (pp. 154-161). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11420 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15742-5_14

Lesk, Michael ; Mattern, Janice Bially ; Moulaison Sandy, Heather. / Are Papers with Open Data More Credible? An Analysis of Open Data Availability in Retracted PLoS Articles. Information in Contemporary Society - 14th International Conference, iConference 2019, Proceedings. editor / Michelle H. Martin ; Bonnie Nardi ; Natalie Greene Taylor ; Caitlin Christian-Lamb. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 154-161 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Lesk, M, Mattern, JB & Moulaison Sandy, H 2019, Are Papers with Open Data More Credible? An Analysis of Open Data Availability in Retracted PLoS Articles. in MH Martin, B Nardi, NG Taylor & C Christian-Lamb (eds), Information in Contemporary Society - 14th International Conference, iConference 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11420 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 154-161, 14th International Conference on Information in Contemporary Society, iConference 2019, Washington, United States, 3/31/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15742-5_14

Are Papers with Open Data More Credible? An Analysis of Open Data Availability in Retracted PLoS Articles. / Lesk, Michael; Mattern, Janice Bially; Moulaison Sandy, Heather.
Information in Contemporary Society - 14th International Conference, iConference 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Michelle H. Martin; Bonnie Nardi; Natalie Greene Taylor; Caitlin Christian-Lamb. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 154-161 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11420 LNCS).

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Lesk M, Mattern JB, Moulaison Sandy H. Are Papers with Open Data More Credible? An Analysis of Open Data Availability in Retracted PLoS Articles. In Martin MH, Nardi B, Taylor NG, Christian-Lamb C, editors, Information in Contemporary Society - 14th International Conference, iConference 2019, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2019. p. 154-161. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15742-5_14

Are Papers with Open Data More Credible? An Analysis of Open Data Availability in Retracted PLoS Articles

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