- Title
- Why articles continue to be cited after they have been retracted : An audit of retraction notices
- Creator
- Gray, Richard; Al-Ghareeb, Amal; McKenna, Lisa
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/167006
- Identifier
- vital:13518
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.10.003
- Identifier
- ISBN:0020-7489
- Abstract
- Background: Papers continue to be cited by authors even after they have been retracted. Retraction notices provide readers with information about retracted papers and may help minimise post-retraction citation. To date, a review of the quality of retraction notices in nursing science has not been reported. Design: An audit of retraction notices associated with 29 retracted manuscripts published in nursing science journals. Methods: Retraction notices were reviewed again using the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. Results: In total, 28 retraction notices were retrieved and reviewed (one retracted paper did not have a retraction notice). Details of the retracted manuscripts were included in all reviewed notices and, in all but two, author names were reported. Details of the time between a paper being published and retracted were not reported and generally there was a little information in notices about how the retraction decisions were made. All retraction notices were freely available. Seven notices stated who had made the decision to retract. Twenty-two (77%) notices stated the reason for retraction. Notices were brief and contained factual information. The webpages of three retracted articles did not clearly indicate that the paper had been retracted. Conclusion: More detailed and informative retraction notices will inform readers and may help reduce post- retraction citation.
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Relation
- International Journal of Nursing Studies Vol. 90, no. (2019), p. 11-12
- Rights
- Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1110 Nursing; Nursing; Research integrity; Retraction; Retraction notices
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