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      "title": "Retracted articles cited in Wikipedia",
      "content_html": "<p>Last week, the <a href=\"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects\">Wikidata and Sister Projects</a> event tooks place.\nThe presentations are recorded, and I strongly encourage you to check the schedule. One presentation I liked (there are more),\nwas the one by <a href=\"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel\">Mike Peel</a> with the title\n<em>“Best practices for reusing Wikidata’s data in the Wikimedia Projects”</em>. At some point he walks us through the\n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_Q\">{{Cite Q}}</a> template, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/xanSjW30g2o?feature=shared&amp;t=1561\">around 26:07</a>.</p>\n\n<p>I learned that this template will highlight when an article cited in Wikipedia is actually retracted (withdrawn or replaced).\nNow, for the past months, I have been using the Crossref API to the <a href=\"http://retractiondatabase.org\">Retraction Watch Database</a>\nand annotated thousands of articles as retracted, using URLs from the database as reference. I use\n<a href=\"https://github.com/egonw/ons-wikidata/blob/main/RetractionWatch/quickstatements.groovy\">this script</a>.</p>\n\n<p>So, that means that this work actually has had a massive impact. Perhaps thousands of (English) Wikipedia\nreaders have seen the results from running that script. That is pretty awesome! This is why we do open science.</p>\n\n<p>But it made me also wonder something else. The Retraction Watch Database has over 60 thousand articles and\nWikidata only about 22 thousand (at the time of writing). What if Wikipedia has an article not in Wikidata?\nWell, obviously, it cannot use <code class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\">{{Cite Q}}</code>. But wouldn’t we want to have that article in Wikidata? Clearly,\nthe article is notable; at least, in Wikipedia notability-sense. So, I was wondering, of those 40 thousand\nretracted articles not in Wikidata, how many are cited in English Wikipedia (to start with).</p>\n\n<p>So, I wrote <a href=\"https://github.com/egonw/ons-wikidata/blob/main/RetractionWatch/listRetractionsNotInWikidata.groovy\">a first script</a>\nthat lists DOIs in the Retraction Watch Database (via the CrossRef API downloaded list) that are not found\nin Wikidata. <a href=\"https://github.com/egonw/ons-wikidata/blob/main/RetractionWatch/searchMissingInWikipedia.groovy\">A second script</a>\nuses a Scholia (doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70407-4_36\">10.1007/978-3-319-70407-4_36</a>) SPARQL query develop by Finn Nielsen that\n<a href=\"https://github.com/WDscholia/scholia/commit/caf2694a4\">uses wikibase:mwapi to do an efficient DOI search</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The results are fascinating and this is the list of DOIs found:</p>\n\n<div class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\"><div class=\"highlight\"><pre class=\"highlight\"><code>Searching 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105457 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Berto\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD002291 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipruritic\nSearching 10.1007/s12115-020-00496-1 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Mead\nSearching 10.1515/9783110619768 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Eagle_Owl\nSearching 10.1016/j.sbi.2022.102426 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_F._Kelly\nSearching 10.1371/journal.pone.0240851 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialization_of_China\nSearching 10.1080/00927670309601525 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouben_Azizian\nSearching 10.1080/14693062.2016.1179616 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_K._Sovacool\nSearching 10.1038/s41390-022-02127-3 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Walach\nSearching 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2659 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Walach\nSearching 10.1109/CCECE.2007.335 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientific_misconduct_incidents\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD001834 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningococcal_vaccine\nSearching 10.1007/s11356-021-16530-6 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamran_Bagheri_Lankarani\nSearching 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129044 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Pandey\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD003614 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimetazidine\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD003808 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Technique\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD003747 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venous_thrombosis\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD003711 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocarditis\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD003225 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevention_of_migraine_attacks\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD003226 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevention_of_migraine_attacks\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD003498 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A2_milk\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_therapies\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casein\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casomorphin\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_autism\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluten-free%2C_casein-free_diet\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluten-free_diet\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_excess_theory\nSearching 10.1093/restud/rdy054 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managerial_economics\nSearching 10.1039/d1nr00388g in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_F._Kelly\nSearching 10.1139/p90-116 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%27s_Stonehenge\nSearching 10.3791/64256 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Webster\nSearching 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127565 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Pandey\nSearching 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.04.001 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegodyphus_dumicola\nSearching 10.1016/j.tafmec.2022.103573 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Berto\nSearching 10.1155/2022/7002630 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_receptor_D3\nSearching 10.1007/s11223-017-9884-2 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Berto\nSearching 10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112115 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_A._McCullough\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD002778 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporomandibular_joint_dysfunction\nSearching 10.1016/j.jcv.2022.105248 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Davies\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD002916 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleomycin\nSearching 10.1007/s11756-021-00841-7 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_in_archosaur_paleontology\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinadraco\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellnhopterus\nSearching 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2009.43.4.306 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Kuk\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Min_academic_credentials_scandal\nSearching 10.1503/cmaj.80742 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LetUsTalk\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD004125 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granisetron\nSearching 10.1111/ffe.12616 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Berto\nSearching 10.1007/s00366-008-0118-x in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamran_Daneshjoo\nSearching 10.1002/jmv.28097 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noora_%28vaccine%29\nSearching 10.1126/science.1070563 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6n_scandal\nSearching 10.1246/cl.170853 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantioselective_Iridium-Catalyzed_C-H_Borylation\nSearching 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.06.032 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Hilborn\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_J._Pitcher\nSearching 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2021.106450 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Berto\nSearching 10.1016/j.crphar.2022 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desidustat\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoxypine\nSearching 10.1007/s10479-023-05261-1 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_marketing\nSearching 10.1257/aer.20210369 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividend_tax\nSearching 10.1109/AIMSEC.2011.6010222 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_CRM\nSearching 10.1002/14651858.CD001103 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocolloid_dressing\nSearching 10.1007/978-3-642-27708-5 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Multimedia_Subsystem\nSearching 10.1351/PAC-CON-08-12-06 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenocissus_tricuspidata\nSearching 10.1002/advs.202204315 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrataenite\nSearching 10.1353/sho.2011.0038 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus\nSearching 10.1111/jpim.12058 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Lichtenthaler\nSearching 10.1136/bcr-2021-241572 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_proxalutamide_trial_in_Brazil\nSearching 10.1038/s44160-022-00068-7 in Wikipedia...\n  ... found in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-layer_materials\n</code></pre></div></div>\n\n<h4>References</h4>\n<div class=\"csl-bib-body\">\n    <div class=\"csl-entry\">Nielsen, F. Å., Mietchen, D., &#38; Willighagen, E. (2017). Scholia, Scientometrics and Wikidata. In <i>Lecture Notes in Computer Science</i> (pp. 237–259). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70407-4_36 <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70407-4_36\">CrossRef</a> <a href=\"https://qlever.scholia.wiki/doi/10.1007/978-3-319-70407-4_36\">Scholia</a></div>\n  </div>",
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