Causes for Retraction in the Biomedical Literature: A Systematic Review of Studies of Retraction Notices.
Por:
Hwang SY, Yon DK, Lee SW, Kim MS, Kim JY, Smith L, Koyanagi A, Solmi M, Carvalho AF, Kim E, Shin JI and Ioannidis JPA
Publicada:
23 oct 2023
Ahead of Print:
23 oct 2023
Categoría:
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Resumen:
BACKGROUND: Many studies have evaluated the prevalence of different reasons for retraction in samples of retraction notices. We aimed to perform a systematic review of such empirical studies of retraction causes. METHODS: The PubMed/MEDLINE database and the Embase database were searched in June 2023. Eligible studies were those containing sufficient data on the reasons for retraction across samples of examined retracted notices. RESULTS: A 11,181 potentially eligible items were identified, and 43 studies of retractions were included in this systematic review. Studies limited to retraction notices of a specific subspecialty or country, journal/publication type are emerging since 2015. We noticed that the reasons for retraction are becoming more specific and more diverse. In a meta-analysis of 17 studies focused on different subspecialties, misconduct was responsible for 60% (95% confidence interval [CI], 53-67%) of all retractions while error and publication issues contributed to 17% (95% CI, 12-22%) and 9% (95% CI, 6-13%), respectively. The end year of the retraction period in all included studies and the proportion of misconduct presented a weak positive association (coefficient = 1.3% per year, P = 0.002). CONCLUSION: Misconduct seems to be the most frequently recorded reason for retraction across empirical analyses of retraction notices, but other reasons are not negligible. Greater specificity of causes and standardization is needed in retraction notices.
Filiaciones:
Hwang SY:
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Yon DK:
Center for Digital Health, Medical Science Research Institute, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Lee SW:
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
Kim MS:
Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology (SAIHST), Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Kim JY:
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Smith L:
Centre for Health Performance and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Koyanagi A:
Research and Development Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain
ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
Solmi M:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Department of Mental Health, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Carvalho AF:
IMPACT - The Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Kim E:
Department of Health, Social and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
The Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Industry Management, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
Shin JI:
Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
The Center for Medical Education Training and Professional Development, Yonsei Donggok Medical Education Institute, Seoul, Korea
Severance Underwood Meta-Research Center, Institute of Convergence Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea .
Ioannidis JPA:
Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) and Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health, Biomedical Data Science, and Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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