ArticleScientometrics2021
Research ethics: a profile of retractions from world class universities.
Article in Scientometrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Geographical Disparities in Research Misconduct: Analyzing Retraction Patterns by Country.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Gender disparities among authors of retracted publications in medical journals: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Investigation of research quality and transparency in neurosurgery through the utilization of open science practices.Neurosurgical review · 2024Article
- Are female scientists underrepresented in self-retractions for honest error?Frontiers in research metrics and analytics · 2023Article
- Characteristics of Retracted Research Articles About COVID-19 vs Other Topics.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Authorship Issues When Articles are Retracted Due to Research Misconduct and Then Resubmitted.Science and engineering ethics · 2022Article
- What can we learn from retracted studies in the nursing field in the last 20 years? Findings from a scoping review.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022Article
- Trends and Characteristics of Retracted Articles in the Smoking Field: An Observational Study.Open respiratory archivesArticle
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Abstract
This study aims to profile the scientific retractions published in journals indexed in the Web of Science database from 2010 to 2019, from researchers at the top 20 World Class Universities according to the Times Higher Education global ranking of 2020. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and simple linear regression were used to analyze the data. Of the 330 analyzed retractions, Harvard University had the highest number of retractions and the main reason for retraction was data results. We conclude that the universities with a higher ranking tend to have a lower rate of retraction.
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