University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2013 Mar;19(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11948-011-9292-0. Epub 2011 Jul 15.
Editors have a responsibility to retract seriously flawed articles from their journals. However, there appears to be little consistency in journals' policies or procedures for this. In a qualitative study, we therefore interviewed editors of science journals using semi-structured interviews to investigate their experience of retracting articles. We identified potential barriers to retraction, difficulties in the process and also sources of support and encouragement. Our findings have been used as the basis for guidelines developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics.
编辑有责任从其期刊中撤回有严重缺陷的文章。然而，期刊在这方面的政策或程序似乎几乎没有一致性。因此，在一项定性研究中，我们使用半结构化访谈采访了科学期刊的编辑，以调查他们撤回文章的经验。我们确定了撤回的潜在障碍、过程中的困难以及支持和鼓励的来源。我们的研究结果已被出版道德委员会制定的指南所采用。
