Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2022 Sep;149:137-145. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.05.013. Epub 2022 May 28.
To survey the citations of retracted non-Cochrane systematic reviews (SRs) in scientific literature.
We searched the Web of Science and Google Scholar from their inception to 30 April 2020 to find the citations of 153 previously identified retracted non-Cochrane SRs. We calculated the numbers of citations before and after retraction separately. We also described how the citation addressed the retraction and how it was used in the article.
A We identified 954 citations of 128 retracted SRs. The number of retracted SRs and citations reached the peak in 2014 and 2016, respectively, and the majority of the citations (n = 580, 60.8%) were in articles published after the SR was retracted. The mean number of citation per retracted SRs was 7.5. 2.6 before and 4.5 after the publication of the retraction notice. Twenty-nine (5.0%) citations indicated the retraction of the SRs in the reference section. Nine of these citations supported the retracted SR's results, and 15 disagreed with them.
Retracted SRs continue to be cited after the publication of the retraction notice. Standardized methods are needed to guide the management of retractions and avoid inappropriate citations of retracted articles.
调查已撤回的非 Cochrane 系统评价（SR）在科学文献中的被引情况。
我们从建库至 2020 年 4 月 30 日，在 Web of Science 和 Google Scholar 中检索了此前确定的 153 篇已撤回的非 Cochrane SRs 的被引情况。我们分别计算了撤回前后的被引数量。还描述了引用如何处理撤回以及在文章中如何使用。
我们共发现 128 篇撤回 SRs 的 954 条引用。撤回 SRs 和引文数量分别在 2014 年和 2016 年达到峰值，并且大多数引文（n=580，60.8%）发表在撤回通知发布后。每篇撤回 SR 的平均引文数为 7.5 篇，发表前为 2.6 篇，发表后为 4.5 篇。在参考文献部分有 29 条（5.0%）引文表明撤回了 SR。这些引文中有 9 条支持撤回的 SR 结果，15 条则不同意。
在撤回通知发布后，撤回的 SRs 仍被引用。需要标准化的方法来指导撤回管理，以避免对撤回文章的不当引用。
