题名

A Comprehensive Analysis of Articles Retracted Between 2004 and 2013 from Biomedical Literature - A Call for Reforms

作者

Harkanwal Preet Singh；Ashish Mahendra；Bhupender Yadav；Harpreet Singh；Nitin Arora；Monika Arora

关键词

Duplication of article ； Plagiarism ； Retraction of articles ； Self-correction

期刊名称

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

卷期/出版年月

4卷3期（2014 / 07 / 01）

页次

136 - 139

内容语文

英文
中文摘要

Science is a dynamic subject and it was never free of misconduct or bad research. Indeed, the scientific method itself is intended to overcome mistakes and misdeeds. So, we aimed to assess various factors associated with retraction of scientific articles from 2004 to 2013. Data were retrieved from PubMed and Medline using the keywords retraction of articles, retraction notice, and withdrawal of article in April 2014 to detect articles retracted from 2004 to 2013. Statistical analysis was carried out using t-test and Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results showed that a total of 2343 articles were retracted between 2004 and 2013, and original articles followed by case reports constituted major part of it. Time interval between submission and retraction of article has reduced in recent times. Impact factor and retraction do not have any significant correlation. We conclude that although retraction of articles is a rare event, its constant rise in scientific literature is quite worrisome. It is still unclear whether misconduct/mistakes in articles are increasing hastily or the articles are retracted at a rapid rate in recent times. So, it should be considered as an urgent issue and it is the responsibility of journal editors to track misconduct by following Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines and making an effective strategy.
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