A Systematic Review of Retractions in the Field of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

No systematic studies on retractions in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia exist. The aim of this analysis was to identify characteristics and trends of retractions in this field over the past three decades.

Design

A search of the Retraction Watch Database for retracted articles published between 1990 and 2020 in the field of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia was performed.

Setting

A bibliometric study.

Participants

Five thousand three hundred forty-four retractions with the term "medicine" in the subject code were selected. Retractions of full-length English articles reporting findings in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia were included.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

A total of 63 articles published in

SUBMITTER: Rong LQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9191841 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature