3 papers
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.DL2025
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…
cs.DL2025
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…