Choudhry Hannaan S, Anur Sugosh M, Choudhry Hassan S, Kokush Emily M, Patel Aman M, Fang Christina H
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Newark New Jersey USA.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA.
OTO Open. 2024 Jun 13;8(2):e157. doi: 10.1002/oto2.157. eCollection 2024 Apr-Jun.
Retraction of publications is critical to maintaining scientific integrity, yet there is a lack of research on its occurrence in Otolaryngology. This study investigates characteristics, trends, and reasons for retraction of publications in otolaryngology journals.
Bibliometric analysis.
PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science.
A PubMed search for publications retracted during 1990 to 2022 from the top 60 journals with the subject "Otorhinolaryngology" using Scopus' CiteScore was performed. Publications were excluded if they were not in English, had missing information or did not have available abstracts or full-text. Publication and retraction dates, journal, country of origin, citation counts, journal impact factor (JIF), topic, and reason for retraction were recorded. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to identify potential associations in the data.
Fifty-three publications were included. The 2020s had the highest number of retractions per year (4.33), with publications being retracted on average, 35 months after initial publication. The most common retracted topic and country of origin were head and neck (26.4%) and China (17.0%), respectively. Most publications were retracted because of plagiarism or duplicate publication (52.8%). Mean citation count was 6.92 ± 8.32 and mean JIF was 2.80 ± 1.35. Citation count was positively associated with months until retraction ( = .432, = .001). There was no significant correlation between months to retraction and JIF ( = .022, = .878).
The most cited reasons for retraction were plagiarism and duplicate publication. An understanding of the reasons for retraction can better position journals to enforce more meticulous review standards and reduce such publications from being published.
Level 4.
撤回已发表的论文对于维护科学诚信至关重要，但目前关于耳鼻喉科学领域论文撤回情况的研究较少。本研究调查了耳鼻喉科期刊论文撤回的特征、趋势及原因。
文献计量分析。
PubMed、Scopus、科学网。
利用Scopus的CiteScore对1990年至2022年期间从60种主题为“耳鼻咽喉科学”的顶级期刊中撤回的论文进行PubMed检索。如果论文不是英文的、信息缺失、没有摘要或全文，则将其排除。记录论文发表和撤回日期、期刊、原产国、引用次数、期刊影响因子（JIF）、主题及撤回原因。计算Pearson相关系数以确定数据中的潜在关联。
共纳入53篇论文。2020年代每年的撤回论文数量最多（4.33篇），论文平均在首次发表后35个月被撤回。最常见的撤回主题和原产国分别是头颈（26.4%）和中国（17.0%）。大多数论文因抄袭或重复发表而被撤回（52.8%）。平均引用次数为6.92±8.32，平均JIF为2.80±1.35。引用次数与撤回前的月数呈正相关（r = 0.432，P = 0.001）。撤回前的月数与JIF之间无显著相关性（r = 0.022，P = 0.878）。
撤回论文最常见的原因是抄袭和重复发表。了解撤回原因有助于期刊更好地执行更严格的评审标准，减少此类论文的发表。
4级。
