Abstract

ORDONEZ TORRES, Karina. Retracted Articles, Another Pandemic? Retracted COVID-19 Publications. pers.bioét. [online]. 2022, vol.26, n.1, e2612.  Epub July 12, 2022. ISSN 0123-3122.  https://doi.org/10.5294/pebi.2022.26.1.2.

This study aims to determine the characteristics and number of retracted biomedical publications on COVID-19 using PubMed and Retraction Watch databases to determine authors, titles, journals, publication dates, retraction dates, and reasons for retraction. The COVID-19 literature reaches more than 280,000 articles, of which 63 have been retracted. Quick editorial processes are observed for both publication and retraction. Twenty-five articles do not provide the reason for retraction. Reasons given include duplicate publications, plagiarism, lack of IRB approval, and data and methodology problems.

Keywords : Retractions; pandemic; COVID-19; bioethics; coronavirus infections.

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