Retracted publications in the era of open access

Armen Yuri Gasparyan, MD, PhD, FESCAssociate Professor of Medicine

Member, WAMECouncil Member, EASE

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Retracted Publication

Work consisting of the designation of an article or book as retracted in whole or in part by an author or authors or an authorized representative. It identifies a citation previously published and now retracted through a formal issuance from the author, publisher, or other authorized agent… (1989)

Duplicate Publication

Work consisting of an article or book of identical or nearly identical material published simultaneously or successively to material previously published elsewhere, without without acknowledgment of the prior publicationacknowledgment of the prior publication. (1991)

Published Erratum

Work consisting of an acknowledgment of an error, issued by a publisher, editor, or author. It customarily cites the source where the error occurred, giving complete bibliographic data for retrieval. In the case of books and monographs, author, title, imprint, paging, and other helpful references will be given; in the case of journal articles, the author, title, paging, and journal reference will be shown. An erratum notice is variously cited as ErrataErrata or CorrigendaCorrigenda. (1991)

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Acceptable Secondary Publication 1. Approval from the editors of both journals2. The priority of the primary publication is respected by a publication interval3. The secondary publication is intended for a different group of readers… 4. The secondary version faithfully reflects the data and interpretations of the primary version. 5. The secondary version informs readers, peers, and documenting agencies that the paper has been published in whole or in part elsewhere… 6. The title of the secondary publication should indicate that it is a secondary publication… of a primary publication.

Published errata in PubMed

• 871 out of 1,021 errata (85.3%) in 2013 from PLOS One

• In total, 1,224 out of 2,597(47.1%) errata are from PLOS One

• Publishing Model - “Publish first, judge later”

Duplicate items in PubMed

Reasons of retractions

Retracted items in PubMed

Case of multiple retractions

http://retractionwatch.com/2011/12/22/multiple-retractions-as-brazen-plagiarist-victimes-orthopedics-literature/

Plagiarized reviews by Bernardino Saccomanni

• 4 - Clin Rheumatol

• 1 - Rheumatol Int

• 5 - Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med

• 1 - Musculoskeletal Surgery

• 1 - Osteoporosis International

• 1 - Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Case of retraction in non-Anglophone environment

“Partial retraction” due to inappropriate authorship and “partial falsification”

Retractions catalogue

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41669/title/Journalists-to-Catalog-Retractions/

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