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Potential predatory journals (PPJs) rarely retract publications, and their handling of retractions is generally poor. Web of Science indexing correlates with better retraction practices, excluding policy publicity.

Keywords:

Beall’s List Potential predatory journal retraction retraction watch database web of science

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Area of Science:

Bibliometrics
Scholarly Publishing
Research Integrity

Background:

Retraction is a key post-publication quality control in academic publishing.
The extent and handling of retractions by potential predatory journals (PPJs) are largely unknown.
Previous studies have not systematically evaluated PPJs' retraction practices.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the prevalence and handling of retractions in standalone PPJs.
To assess the retraction practices of PPJs listed on Beall's List.
To evaluate PPJs' performance in terms of retraction policy publicity, document availability, visibility, and notice informativeness.

Main Methods:

Analysis of data from the Retraction Watch Database.
Inclusion of 1,511 standalone PPJs from the updated Beall's List.
Evaluation of retraction handling based on four key criteria: policy publicity, document availability, retraction visibility, and notice informativeness.
Correlation analysis between Web of Science (WoS) indexing and retraction handling performance.

Main Results:

Only 46 (3%) of the 1,511 PPJs had retracted 645 publications by 2022.
Retracting PPJs demonstrated poor performance across all evaluated criteria.
Inadequate documentation of retraction policies and documents was observed over time.
Web of Science (WoS) inclusion correlated positively with retraction handling performance, except for policy publicity.

Conclusions:

Potential predatory journals (PPJs) exhibit inadequate retraction practices.
Retraction handling performance can serve as an additional metric for evaluating journal editorial quality.
Assessing post-publication quality control through retraction practices is crucial for identifying legitimate journals.