Letter to the Editor: Evidence of Bias, Opacity and Lack of Reciprocity by Retraction Watch by Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

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Why does Retraction Watch continue to offer support to Jeffrey Beall, and legitimize his post-mortem “predatory” lists? by Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

“…Retraction Watch is a science watchdog that may give the impression of being both an anti-bad science and an anti-science blog. …”
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Journals’ Characteristics and Factors Associated with Retraction among Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Journals: An Observational Study Based on Scimago Journal and Country Rank and Retraction Watch Databases by Ahmed Ibrahim Fathelrahman

“…Materials and Methods: This was an observational study examining the metrics and retraction history of journals based on the Scimago Journal and Country Rank and the Retraction Watch databases. Descriptive and comparative analyses were conducted. …”
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Errata and retractions associated with research papers published by authors with Hungarian affiliations by Jaime Teixeira da Silva, Mohammadamin Erfanmanesh

“…Retraction Watch featured 26 such retractions, placing Hungary in 23rd position among the 35 countries arranged in descending order of the number of retractions. …”
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Mapping retracted articles and exploring regional differences in China, 2012-2023. by Liping Shi, Xue Zhang, Xiaojun Ma, Xian Sun, Jiangping Li, Shulan He

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Using the Retraction Watch Database, we collected retracted articles written by Chinese authors from 31 provinces in mainland China, spanning the period between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2023. …”
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Retractions of research papers by authors from the Arab region (1998-2018) by Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Muayad Azzam, Abdallah Massad, Dana Alqatawneh

“…Objective: To provide an overview of retractions of research papers contributed by authors from the Arab region.Method: Papers in which the first author was affiliated to an Arabian country were selected from the Retraction Watch database covering the period 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2018. …”
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An Approach to Trustworthy Article Ranking by NLP and Multi-Layered Analysis and Optimization by Chenhao Li, Jiyin Zhang, Weilin Chen, Xiaogang Ma

“…Evaluation using 16,052 articles from Retraction Watch and Web of Science datasets shows that our classifier achieves 90% accuracy and 97% recall for retracted articles. …”
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Understanding the patterns and magnitude of life science publication Retractions in the last four decades by Sabuj Bhattacharyya, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Arvind Ramanathan

“…For this research, we analyzed multi-decadal entries of life sciences in the Retraction Watch database since 1976 to understand the trends and drivers of retraction across time, countries and reasons. …”
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Linking citation and retraction data reveals the demographics of scientific retractions among highly cited authors. by John P A Ioannidis, Angelo Maria Pezzullo, Antonio Cristiano, Stefania Boccia, Jeroen Baas

“…Using data from the Retraction Watch database (RWDB), retraction records were linked to Scopus citation data. …”
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Analyzing the Drivers Behind Retractions in Tuberculosis Research by Franko O. Garcia-Solorzano, Shirley M. De la Cruz Anticona, Mario Pezua-Espinoza, Fernando A. Chuquispuma Jesus, Karen D. Sanabria-Pinilla, Christopher Chavez Veliz, Vladimir A. Huayta-Alarcón, Percy Mayta-Tristan, Leonid Lecca

“…In this study, we conducted an advanced systematic literature review of retracted original articles on Tuberculosis, utilizing databases such as Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, PubMed, LILACS, and the Retraction Watch Database webpage. We found that falsification and plagiarism were the most frequent reasons for retraction, although 16% of the retracted articles did not declare the drivers behind the retraction. …”
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Predicting retracted research: a dataset and machine learning approaches by Aaron H. A. Fletcher, Mark Stevenson

“…Methods An open-access dataset was developed by combining information from the Retraction Watch database and the OpenAlex API. Using a case-controlled design, retracted research articles were paired with non-retracted articles published in the same period. …”
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الأبحاث المصرية المسحوبة من النشر: دراسة ببليومترية تحليلية by إسماعيل رجب غريب عثمان

“…اعتمدت الدراسة على قاعدة بيانات Retraction Watch  لحصر الأبحاث المصرية المسحوبة. تم البحث بقاعدة البيانات بتاريخ 1 مايو 2021. …”
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全球脑血管病领域撤稿论文特征分析 Analysis of the Characteristics of Retracted Papers in the Global Cerebrovascular Disease Field by 高晓艳，邓柳丽，尚静，武晶晶，王昊 (GAO Xiaoyan, DENG Liuli, SHANG Jing, WU Jingjing, WANG Hao )

“…Methods By keyword search and screening the “Retraction Watch Database”, a dataset of retracted papers in the field of cerebrovascular diseases was established. …”
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