Reasons and implications of retracted articles in Brazil

IF 0.5 4区 管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Karen Santos-d’Amorim, Anna Elizabeth Galvão Coutinho Correia, Májory Karoline Fernandes de Oliveira Miranda, P. Santa-Cruz
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Abstract

Abstract Over the years, cases of retractions due to unintentional errors or research misconduct have been the subject of discussion, being indispensable to avoid the propagation of misleading information. To understand this matter in the Brazilian scenario, this study characterizes the retractions of authorship or co-authorship of Brazilian researchers between 2002 and 2019, their related consequences and impacts on scientific activity. With a data collection performed at the Retraction Watch database, we analyzed quantitative aspects of the reasons for retractions, stratification by areas of knowledge, the time between publication and retraction, the association of journals and impact factor, authors’ recidivism, the institutional collaboration between Brazilian institutions and countries and funding sources. The results of the analysis of 162 retractions indicate the prevalence of plagiarism (12.2%), the incidence of retracted articles in the Bioscience area (28.1%), in journals with Impact Factors between 2 and 5 (38.0%), and with 2 to 4 authors (38.8%). The occurrences and recurrences of retractions due to misconduct have an impact not only the author’s professional activity but science. Thus, this article emphasizes the importance of prompt retraction, as well as of the need to improve mechanisms to prevent these articles from being published from the start.
巴西撤稿的原因和影响
多年来,由于非故意错误或研究不当而导致的撤稿案例一直是讨论的主题,这是避免误导性信息传播必不可少的。为了在巴西的情况下理解这一问题,本研究描述了2002年至2019年期间巴西研究人员撤回原创或共同原创作品的情况,及其相关后果和对科学活动的影响。通过在撤稿观察数据库中收集的数据,我们分析了撤稿原因的定量方面,按知识领域分层,发表和撤稿之间的时间,期刊和影响因子的关联,作者的累犯,巴西机构和国家之间的机构合作以及资金来源。对162篇撤稿的分析结果显示,抄袭率(12.2%)、撤稿发生在生物科学领域(28.1%)、撤稿发生在影响因子在2 ~ 5之间的期刊(38.0%)、撤稿作者在2 ~ 4人之间的期刊(38.8%)。学术不端撤稿事件的发生和反复发生不仅影响作者的职业活动,也影响科学研究。因此,本文强调了及时撤稿的重要性,以及从一开始就完善防止这些文章发表的机制的必要性。
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Transinformacao
Transinformacao INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
0.80
自引率
16.70%
发文量
16
审稿时长
36 weeks
期刊介绍: Transinformação es una revista cuatrimestral especializada, abierta a las contribuciones de la comunidad científica nacional e internacional y editada por la Facultad de Biblioteconomía y el Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales Aplicadas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Campinas. Fundada en 1989, está clasificada en la lista Qualis como A1 y publica artículos que contribuyen al estudio y el desarrollo científico de las Ciencias de la Información, la Biblioteconomía, la Archivología, la Museología y sus áreas afines.
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