Serhii Nazarovets<p>Last year, we found that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@OpenAlex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OpenAlex</span></a></span> was mistakenly marking some papers as retracted—misleading researchers. We <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hauschke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hauschke</span></a></span> reported the issue, posted a preprint in March 2024, and… <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/OpenAlex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAlex</span></a> fixed it almost instantly! 👏 </p><p>:doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515251322478" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1177/01655515251322</span><span class="invisible">478</span></a> </p><p>Meanwhile, our peer-reviewed paper on this? Published today - over a year later. See the difference? Preprints matter. Open science works. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Preprints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Preprints</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Retractions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retractions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AcademicPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicPublishing</span></a></p>