Third Iron has identifies over 50,000 retracted papers using data from Retraction Watch, CrossRef's Crossmark, and Pubmed.
When you access a retracted article though LibKey, you will see a landing page with details like official publisher notices and, when available, explanations from Retraction Watch.
Some retractions are due to honest errors, while other involve issues such as plagiarism or fake peer review. Third Iron also tracks over 500,000 Second Order Retractions, which are citations to retracted papers, even if the citing paper is still valid.
LibKey links you to the retracted source so they can decide if it affects their own research. These tools help you make better-informed choices about what to cite.
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LibKey in Spartan Search lets you instantly access articles by downloading them as PDFs or reading them online. You can also browse the journal the article came from to find other related topics.

Let's browse through a popular journal, the Journal of the American Medical Association from the library's catalog. Click on View Issue Contents and LibKey will show you all articles from the journal and provide the PDF or link to access the article.

All journals include ranking information from the SCImago Journal & Country Rank.
The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a publicly available resource that features journals and scientific indicators based on data from the Scopus database. The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) measures a journal’s prestige by considering both how often it is cited and the importance of the journals citing it.
1) Click on the SJR to learn more about a journal’s ranking. Please note that SJR scores are based only on citations from publications indexed in Scopus. Citations from non-Scopus sources are not included.
2) You can also explore journals by subject, such as Biological Sciences, History, Law and Legal Studies, and more, by clicking on the BrowZine Library.
There may be journals where our library does not have full-text access to certain issues due to embargo periods or publisher restrictions.

LibKey will check online for a freely available copy or direct you to submit an interlibrary loan request through Tipasa. Remember, you may need to log in with your Okta credentials to see the Tipasa request link. Learn more about inter-library loan on our website.

To search within the journal, click the "See All" link at the bottom of the journal issues. A new window will open to our catalog. In the new window, click the journal title to view the full record. Then scroll down to the search box within the journal record and enter your search terms.
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