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Journal That Published Faulty Black Plastic Study Removed From Science Index
The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals amid questions about quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch. From a report: On December 16, Clarivate -- a scholarly publication analytics company -...
The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals amid questions about quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch. The indexing platform tracks citations and calculates journal "impact factors," a proxy for relevance in its field. In a December 12 news release, Chemosphere acknowledged the quality concerns and laid out steps it will take to improve its editorial process.
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