From: Visibility of retractions: a cross-sectional one-year study
Fraud | Mistakes | Plagiarism | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Impact factor (n = 137) | 4.9 | 7.2 | 2.3 | <0.0001 |
(3.2, 2.9-14.6) | (4.1, 0.7-31.4) | (1.9, 0.3-9.8) | ||
Time to retraction (n = 244), years | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 0.722 |
(2, 0–8) | (2, 0–10) | (2, 0–10) | ||
Publication year of retraction vs original article (n = 244), n (%) | 0.024 | |||
same year | 2 (6) | 11 (17) | 8 (17) | |
1 to 5 years | 31 (91) | 47 (72) | 29 (60) | |
>5 years | 1 (3) | 7 (11) | 11 (23) | |
Visibility (n = 233), n (%) | 0.057 | |||
mention | 28 (82) | 38 (62) | 22 (51) | |
no mention | 5 (15) | 15 (25) | 12 (28) | |
deletion | 1 (3) | 8 (13) | 9 (21) |