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ArticleScientometrics2021

Retracted articles in the biomedical literature from Indian authors.

Bakthavachalam Elango

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Article in Scientometrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Analysis of Retracted Publications in the Diabetes Literature.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2026
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  11. Sharing of retracted COVID-19 articles: an altmetric study.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Bakthavachalam ElangoLibrary, IFET College of Engineering, Villupuram, 605 108 Tamilnadu India.ORCID 0000-0002-8938-0155

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to identify retracted articles in the biomedical literature (co) authored by Indian authors and to examine the features of retracted articles. The PubMed database was searched to find the retracted articles in order to reach the goal. The search yielded 508 records and retrieved for the detailed analysis of: authorships and collaboration type, funding information, who retracts? journals and impact factors, and reasons for retraction. The results show that most of the biomedical articles retracted were published after 2010 and common reasons are plagiarism and fake data for retraction. More than half of the retracted articles were co-authored within the institutions and there is no repeat offender. 25% of retracted articles were published in the top 15 journals and 33% were published in the non-impact factor journals. Average time from publication to retraction is calculated to 2.86 years and retractions due to fake data takes longest period among the reasons. Majority of the funded research was retracted due to fake data whereas it is plagiarism for non-funded.

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BibliometricsBiomedicineIndiaMisconductPublication ethicsPubMedRetractions

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PMID33716353
PMCPMC7937359

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