Video Recording of FSCI 2024 Opening Plenary: “Retractions: On the Rise, But Not Enough”

The video embedded and linked below is a recording of the opening plenary session at the FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) in partnership with the UCLA Library. It was recorded on June 24, 2024.

Presenters

• Ivan Oransky–Retraction Watch
• Martyn Rittman–Crossref

Description

In 2000, there were about 40 retractions from the scholarly literature. In 2023, there were more than 10,000. That is a dramatic increase, even accounting for the growing number of papers published per year. In this talk, Ivan [Oransky] will explore the reasons for the increase, why it is good news, and why the real number should be even higher. Ivan will tell the stories of the sleuths who are finding problems in the literature, drawing on more than a decade of experience at Retraction Watch.  Martyn Rittman, Product Manager at Crossref, will follow Ivan. Crossref is focused on documenting and clarifying the scholarly record in an open and scalable form. For a decade, members have been recording corrections and retractions through Crossref infrastructure. Collaborating with Retraction Watch augments publisher efforts by filling in critical gaps in our coverage, helps the downstream services that rely on high-quality, open data about retractions, and ultimately directly benefits the research community. Martyn will describe the value Crossref sees in the acquisition of the Retraction Watch database and plans for integrating it alongside the metadata provided by our members.

Note: A Playlist With More Video Recordings of FSCI 2024 is Available Here

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