Characteristics of retracted papers published by top journals:A case study of Cell,Nature,and Science
[Purposes]This paper aims to analyze the characteristics of retractions of high-impact international journals,so as to enrich the knowledge about retractions and provide a reference for the management of retractions and the improvement of research integrity.[Methods]This article collected 232 retracted papers from Cell,Nature,and Science since their inception and used bibliometric methods to analyze the basic characteristics of the retracted papers,including temporal changes,subject distribution,reasons for retraction,initiators of retraction,and cited frequency before and after retraction.[Findings]The number of retracted papers increased with fluctuations in the last 20 years.The retracted papers were the most in basic life sciences,and the correspondence addresses of the vast majority of retracted papers were the United States,the UK,and Germany.The papers still had high cited frequency after retraction.The major reasons for retractions were falsified data/images and unreliable conclusions,and the latter was severe.The number of papers retracted due to honest errors far exceeded that of papers retracted due to research misconduct.[Conclusions]We should correctly understand the phenomenon of retractions and pay attention to the challenges brought by the"reproducibility crisis"to the governance of research misconduct.Furthermore,we should summarize the real reasons of retractions due to honest errors,strengthen the independent analysis of papers retracted due to research misconducts,and explore the citation value and norms of retracted papers.
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