The persistence of error: a study of retracted articles on the Internet and in personal libraries

To determine the accessibility of retracted articles residing on non-publisher websites and in personal libraries.Searches were performed to locate Internet copies of 1,779 retracted articles identified in MEDLINE, published between 1973 and 2010, excluding the publishers' website. Found copies were classified by article version and location. Mendeley (a bibliographic software) was searched for copies residing in personal libraries.Non-publisher...