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‘Feet of Clay’ Detector

(more on the origin of the metaphor)

These articles may be unreliable as they cite 1+ annulled references (i.e., retracted, removed, or withdrawn),
references with expressions of concern, and references flagged by the PPS detectors.

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Articles tabulated by the ‘Feet of Clay’ detector are likely to be unreliable for citing annulled references or references with expressions of concern.

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⏰ Last Update: 2025-11-10 at 15:19

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Refs

📄 Cabanac, G. (2024). Chain retraction: how to stop bad science propagating through the literature [Comment].
Nature. 632(8027), 977-979. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02747-1. See also the companion article by Naddaf & Van Noorden (2024).

📄 Graña Possamai, C., Cabanac, G., Perrodeau, E., Ghosn, L., Ravaud, P., & Boutron, I. (2025). Inclusion of Retracted Studies in Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Interventions.
JAMA Internal Medicine. 185(6), 702. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.0256. See also the companion editorial by Gross et al. (2025).

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