Maximum iron loading of ferritin

Maximum iron loading of ferritin: half a century of sustained citation distortion

Hagen, W.R. (TU Delft BT/Biocatalysis)

2022

Analysis of citation networks in biomedical research has indicated that belief in a specific scientific claim can gain unfounded authority through citation bias (systematic ignoring of papers that contain content conflicting with a claim), amplification (citation to papers that don't contain primary data), and invention (citing content but claiming it has a different meaning). There is no a priori reason to expect that citation distortion is limited to particular fields of science. This Pespective presents a case study of the literature on maximum iron loading of the ferritin protein to illustrate that the field of metallomics is no exception to the rule that citation distortion is a widespread phenomenon.

citation distortion
ferritin
iron core
iron homeostasis
iron loading

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b0d633a1-3af1-4684-bd99-72dddec73bcd

https://doi.org/10.1093/mtomcs/mfac063

2023-07-01

Metallomics: integrated biometal science, 14 (9)

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