Linking citation and retraction data reveals the demographics of scientific retractions among highly cited authors

• John P. A. Ioannidis ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jioannid@stanford.edu

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-6859

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• Angelo Maria Pezzullo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Section of Hygiene, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

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• Antonio Cristiano,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Section of Hygiene, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

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• Stefania Boccia,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section of Hygiene, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

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• Jeroen Baas

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Intelligence, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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