Retraction Watch

Search Retraction Watch

Check whether published papers were retracted, corrected, given an expression of concern or reinstated, in the Retraction Watch Database (about 73,000 notices, made open by Crossref, copied each working day). Give the DOI or PubMed ID of each paper (up to 25 in one call: check every paper an answer will rely on), or a title when neither is known. Each identifier gets a status (RETRACTED, EXPRESSION OF CONCERN, CORRECTED, REINSTATED, or no notice) with the notice's date, DOI and Retraction Watch's reasons. Never cite a retracted paper as support without saying it was retracted. No notice is not proof the paper stands: corrections and concerns are less complete than retractions.

get/v1/sources/retraction-watch/search

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.assyro.com
  • Auth
    none declared

Query parameters

doistring[]

DOIs of the papers to check, e.g. ["10.1155/2016/2641248"]. A doi.org link works.

pmidstring[]

PubMed IDs of the papers to check, e.g. ["27057550"].

titlestring

Words of a paper's title, when no DOI or PMID is known; a title match must be confirmed before it is reported.

limitinteger

Title matches to return, default 5 (identifier lookups return every notice).

Response

Matching records.

versionunknown required
totalinteger nullable required

Total matches the source reports, when it says.

notestring
summarystring[]

Changes

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