Over the past few years, the issue of retractions has attracted the attention of researchers
and many studies have reported the current state of retractions [
[1]
]. Many previous studies have analyzed the status of retractions from different perspectives
but haven't in clinical studies [
[2]
]. Many studies simply describe the number of retracted papers which lacks an explanation
behind the numbers; Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze in more detail
the retraction of clinical studies in the world by integrating information from different
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References
- Science publishing: the trouble with retractions.Nature. 2011; 478: 26-28
- Why and how do journals retract articles? An analysis of Medline retractions 1988-2008.J Med Ethics. 2011; 37: 567-570
Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 23, 2020
Accepted:
March 16,
2020
Received in revised form:
March 7,
2020
Received:
February 18,
2020
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