Table 3 Characteristics of citations

 Maximum citations of a publication

54

 Minimum citations of a publication

0

 Mean citations of publications

11

Citaitons on publications

N(%)

 Publications without citations

3 (25)

 Publications with citations only before date of retraction

5 (42)

 Publications with citations only after date of retraction

1 (8)

 Publications with citations before and after date of retraction

3 (25)

All citations (nº)

136

 Citations before retraction

62

 Citations after retraction

74

Citations after retraction context

N(%)

 Introduction

14 (19)

 Methodology

2 (3)

 Results

1 (1)

 Discussion

36 (49)

 Introduction and discussion

3 (4)

 Results and discussion

1 (1)

 Book chapter

1 (1)

 Master degree chapter

1(1)

 Not possible to identify

15 (20)

Time between retraction and citation

N(%)

 Less than 2 years

11 (15)

 2 to 5 years

19 (26)

 More than 5 years

44 (59)