Informetric Analysis on the International Retracted Publication Based on the Web of Science Database

DOI

10.2991/sschd-19.2019.100How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Retracted publication, Informetric analysis, Web of Science, Scientific norm.

Abstract

Retracted publications are the special literature carriers revealing scientific errors and misconduct. Based on Web of Science, this paper accessed the authoritative and plentiful retracted publications through heterogeneous multi-source data and effective retrieval strategies. Then, the informetric analysis was performed on the retracted publications with a focus on the timeline, geological locations, disciplines, journals, institutions, and authors. Current findings show that there is a growing number of retracted publications worldwide as well as in mainland China. Recidivist and large-scale centralized publication retractions have exerted numerous influences on the changes in the number of retracted publications. Countries with strong scientific research capabilities have more retracted publications. In addition, the number of retracted publications has significant differences corresponding to different disciplines. Specifically, life science is a typical field that the retraction of scientific publications frequently occurred, which can also be seen in partial interdisciplinary publications. In terms of journals, which are counted as small group but with a high ratio of retraction should be further investigated. The institutions with more publications retracted can be divided into three types: institutions with more and scattered disciplines, institutions with more but concentrated disciplines, and institutions with fewer and concentrated disciplines. Recidivists are the focus at the author level and have quite different specific behavioral patterns. The main findings from the research are of great informetric value for the theoretical research on scientific norms and the practices of scientific research integrity supervision.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chunbo Zhang
AU  - Kun Ding
AU  - Zeyuan Liu
PY  - 2019/12
DA  - 2019/12
TI  - Informetric Analysis on the International Retracted Publication Based on the Web of Science Database
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development (SSCHD 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 472
EP  - 481
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/sschd-19.2019.100
DO  - 10.2991/sschd-19.2019.100
ID  - Zhang2019/12
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