Course: Characteristics of Retracted Research Articles About COVID-19 vs Other Topics
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2022-10-04
Manuscript retractions represent attempts to officially withdraw published papers or posted preprints that contain errors, fraud, or other kinds of misconduct. Retractions have increased in both number and prominence over the past 2 decades., More recently, concerns have been raised about the number of retracted COVID-19 studies. While these retractions may be due to greater external scrutiny of COVID-19 literature, little is known about the potential differences between retracted COVID-19 studies and studies on other topics. Accordingly, in this cross-sectional study, we compared author characteristics and reasons for retractions of COVID-19 and non–COVID-19 research articles.
Educational Objective
To identify the key insights or developments described in this article
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