信息管理与信息系统系讲座

日期：2016年 10月 18日 14：00-15：30

地点：思源楼 724会议室

讲座题目：The Role of Open Global Forum in Correcting Scientific Mistakes: Evidence from Retraction Watch

作者：新加坡国立大学陈清贤（ Bernard Tan）教授

主持人：信息管理与信息系统系彭志伟教授

演讲者介绍：

Bernard C.Y. Tan is Vice Provost at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he was formerly Head of the Department of Information Systems. He is Shaw Professor of Information Systems at NUS, where he has won university awards for research and for teaching. He was the 15^th President of the Association for Information Systems. He is a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems. He has served on the editorial boards of MIS Quarterly (Senior Editor), Journal of the AIS (Senior Editor), IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (Department Editor), Management Science (Associate Editor), ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (Associate Editor), and Journal of Management Information Systems (Editorial Board Member). His research has been published in ACM Transactions on Computer‐Human Interaction, ACM Transactions on Information Systems, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Information and Management, Information Systems Frontiers, Information Systems Research, International Journal of Human‐Computer Studies, Journal of Global Information Management, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the AIS, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Management Science and MIS Quarterly. His current research interests are social media, virtual communities, and Internet commerce.

演讲摘要：

Retraction of flawed articles is an important approach to correct scientific mistakes. However, it is common that retracted papers continue to be cited by other scientific articles. To avoid this situation, journal editors called for an open global forum to share retraction related information and correct academic mistakes. Nevertheless, whether the establishment of such forums can prevent researchers from citing retracted articles remains unknown. In this study, we make use of the emergence of Retraction Watch, which is a forum to post scientific retraction events, to investigate the role of open global forum in correcting scientific mistakes. Through PSM and DID analyses, our results show that compared to retracted articles which are not reported in Retraction Watch, open forum reporting leads to a significant decline in the post‐retraction yearly citations. Moreover, from retraction reason perspective, this effect is more salient for non‐self‐reported articles, and articles retracted due to misconduct. From author perspective, this effect is not significant for retracted papers written by authors with top or bottom level reputation, but more salient for papers written by authors with middle level reputation. From country perspective, this effect is more salient for articles written by authors from developed countries compared to those from developing countries. 

信息管理与信息系统系

2016-10-18