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Hello Skywalkers! NEW: Altmetric now indicates if a piece of research has been retracted, and (if available) why. Long-requested, and finally here, our Details Pages now flag prominently the retraction status and retraction reasons.

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This feature pairs nicely with the sentiment analysis we rolled out last year. Negative commentary on social media in can presage a potential retraction. Combining clear retraction status with sentiment gives an idea about public reaction to a piece of research amid a retraction process.

Here's how our results look if you are in the Altmetric Explorer. We like to call this the Andrew Wakefield Life Simulator:

We also show you on our attention graphs when an expression of concern or retraction occurred, giving you a clear marker between pre-retraction attention and post retraction attention.