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- Title
Correcting the literature: Improvement trends seen in contents of retraction notices.
- Authors
Deculllier, Evelyne; Maisonneuve, Hervé
- 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.
- Subjects
SCHOLARLY periodical corrections; CORRECTION notices (Newspapers); RETRACTION letters; PLAGIARISM; AUTHORSHIP
- Publication
BMC Research Notes, 2018, Vol 11, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1756-0500
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13104-018-3576-2