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Correcting the literature: Improvement trends seen in contents of retraction notices.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse retraction notices from 2016 and compare their quality to the 2008 notices.

Results

From 146 retractions retrieved, only 123 were included, of which, a clear reason for retraction was available for 122 (99.2%) and no reason was given for one (0.8%). The main reasons for retraction were mistakes 26.0% (n?=?32), fraud 26.0% (n?=?32), plagiarism 20.3% (n?=?25), and overlap 8.1% (n?=?10). In 100 (81.3%) cases, a mention of retraction was available on the original paper, in 15 (12.2%) there was no mention of retraction, and 8 (6.5%) papers were deleted. Compared to the previous cohorts, management of retraction has improved because 99.2% provided a clear reason, and 81.3% of original articles were available with a mention of the retraction.

SUBMITTER: Deculllier E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6050656 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Correcting the literature: Improvement trends seen in contents of retraction notices.

Deculllier Evelyne E   Maisonneuve Hervé H  

BMC research notes 20180717 1


<h4>Objective</h4>To analyse retraction notices from 2016 and compare their quality to the 2008 notices.<h4>Results</h4>From 146 retractions retrieved, only 123 were included, of which, a clear reason for retraction was available for 122 (99.2%) and no reason was given for one (0.8%). The main reasons for retraction were mistakes 26.0% (n = 32), fraud 26.0% (n = 32), plagiarism 20.3% (n = 25), and overlap 8.1% (n = 10). In 100 (81.3%) cases, a mention of retraction was available on the original  ...[more]

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