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most citedScience cited in policy documents: Evidence from the Overton database

14 citations · 17 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.DL2026

Should children follow their parents' research paths? Intergenerational research continuity and divergence in academic families

Er-Te Zheng, Xiaorui Jiang, Zhichao Fang +1

How academic advantages are transmitted within families is usually studied as occupational inheritance, but it is not clear whether scholarly research orientations persist across g…

cs.DL2026

Science discussions of retracted articles on Bluesky: public scrutiny or misinformation spreading?

Er-Te Zheng, Hui-Zhen Fu, Xiaorui Jiang +2

Post-publication peer review (PPPR) has emerged as an important supplement to traditional peer review, with social media playing a growing role in publicising potential problems in…

cs.DL20252 cited

How is science discussed on Bluesky?

Er-Te Zheng, Xiaorui Jiang, Zhichao Fang +1

Amid the migration of academics from X, the social media platform Bluesky has emerged as a potential alternative. To assess its viability and relevance for science communication, t…

cs.DL20251 cited

Can news and social media attention reduce the influence of problematic research?

Er-Te Zheng, Hui-Zhen Fu, Xiaorui Jiang +2

News and social media are widely used to disseminate science, but do they also help raise awareness of problems in research? This study investigates whether high levels of news and…

cs.DL202414 cited

Science cited in policy documents: Evidence from the Overton database

Zhichao Fang, Jonathan Dudek, Ed Noyons +1

To reflect the extent to which science is cited in policy documents, this paper explores the presence of policy document citations for over 18 million Web of Science-indexed public…

cs.DL2024

Can social media provide early warning of retraction? Evidence from critical tweets identified by human annotation and large language models

Er-Te Zheng, Hui-Zhen Fu, Mike Thelwall +1

Timely detection of problematic research is essential for safeguarding scientific integrity. To explore whether social media commentary can serve as an early indicator of potential…