在COVID-19研究中揭开撤回动态:模式,原因和影响
Parul Khurana1, Kiran Sharma2, Ziya Uddin2
1School of Computer Applications, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India.
Accountability in research
|July 23, 2024
概括
由于不当行为,许多COVID-19研究论文被撤回. 这些撤回的很大一部分发生得很快,通常来自具有影响力的期刊,突出了大流行期间科学完整性的问题.
科学领域:
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
- 图书统计学 图书统计学
- 科学出版科学出版
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,研究的前所未有的激增,为不当行为创造了机会.
- 欺骗性研究和数据操纵在关键的全球卫生危机期间破坏了科学完整性.
研究的目的:
- 分析400篇撤回的COVID-19论文的趋势和期刊质量.
- 识别撤回时间的模式,日志影响因素和撤回原因.
- 检查与撤回的COVID-19出版物相关的出版商和作者人口统计数据.
主要方法:
- 来自RetractionWatch数据库的数据汇编,用于截至2024年2月撤回的COVID-19论文.
- 分析收回时间,期刊四分位数 (Q1,Q2) 和收回的理由.
- 检查出版商数据和作者性别分布和角色.
主要成果:
- 四分之一的撤回发生在出版后一个月内;6%在六个月内.
- 三分之一的撤回来自Q1期刊,29.8%来自Q2期刊.
- 在Q2撤回中,多种原因 (25%) 是常见的,而数据问题 (25%) 主导着Q1撤回. 爱尔塞维埃和斯普林格是收回论文的领先出版商. 男性作者 (69.3%) 占主导地位,女性 (30.7%) 经常处于中间作者位置.
结论:
- 快速撤回和大量来自高影响力期刊的撤回表明,疫情期间科学出版的系统性问题.
- 了解退缩模式对于提高科学严谨性和防止未来的不当行为至关重要.
- 出版商和作者的人口统计数据提供了对潜在偏见和针对性干预的领域的见解.
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