What do Retraction Notices Reveal About Institutional Investigations into Allegations Underlying Retractions?

ABSTRACT: Academic journal publications may be retracted following institutional investigations that confirm allegations of research misconduct. Retraction notices can provide insight into the role institutional investigations play in the decision to retract a publication. Through a content analysis of 7,318 retraction notices published between 1927 and 2019 and indexed by the Web of Science, we found that most retraction notices (73.7%) provided no information about institutional investigations that may have led to retractions. A minority of the retraction notices (26.3%) mentioned an institutional investigation either by journal authorities (12.1%), research performing organizations (10.3%), joint institutions (1.9%), research integrity and ethics governing bodies (1.0%), third-party institutions

SUBMITTER: Xu SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10319669 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature