Abstract
This paper (work-in-progress) provides preliminary results from an analysis of papers with the word "retracted " in their titles in a 20-year period. There were 5566 such papers, averaging 0.02% of all Web of Science documents, but with an anomalous peak in 2011 caused by the retraction of a set of conference proceedings from Singapore. More than half the other retracted papers were in clinical medicine or biomedical research, so their original publication may have caused harm to patients. The countries with the highest percentages of retractions (other than in these conference proceedings) were Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, Algeria and Saudi Arabia, all Muslim-majority countries. Future work will examine the possible reasons for retraction in these countries.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 - Proceedings |
| Editors | Giuseppe Catalano, Cinzia Daraio, Martina Gregori, Henk F. Moed, Giancarlo Ruocco |
| Publisher | International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics |
| Pages | 59-64 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9788833811185 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2019 |
| Event | 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 - Rome, Italy Duration: 2 Sept 2019 → 5 Sept 2019 |
Conference
| Conference | 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Rome |
| Period | 2/09/2019 → 5/09/2019 |