Study Data from Hallym University Update Understanding of Life Science Research (Characteristics of Retractions from Korean Medical Journals in the…

Study Data from Hallym University Update Understanding of Life Science Research (Characteristics of Retractions from Korean Medical Journals in the KoreaMed Database: A Bibliometric Analysis)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- New research on Life Science Research is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating from Chuncheon, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Flawed or misleading articles may be retracted because of either honest scientific errors or scientific misconduct. This study explored the characteristics of retractions in medical journals published in Korea through the KoreaMed database."

Funders for this research include Hallym University, Infolumi Co (see also Life Science Research).

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Hallym University, "We retrieved retraction articles indexed in the KoreaMed database from January 1990 to January 2016. Three authors each reviewed the details of the retractions including the reason for retraction, adherence to retraction guidelines, and appropriateness of retraction. Points of disagreement were reconciled by discussion among the three. Out of 217,839 articles in KoreaMed published from 1990 to January 2016, the publication type of 111 articles was retraction (0.051%). Of the 111 articles (addressing the retraction of 114 papers), 58.8% were issued by the authors, 17.5% were jointly issued (author, editor, and publisher), 15.8% came from editors, and 4.4% were dispatched by institutions; in 5.3% of the instances, the issuer was unstated. The reasons for retraction included duplicate publication (57.0%), plagiarism (8.8%), scientific error (4.4%), author dispute (3.5%), and other (5.3%); the reasons were unstated or unclear in 20.2%. The degree of adherence to COPE's retraction guidelines varied (79.8%-100%), and some retractions were inappropriate by COPE standards. These were categorized as follows: retraction of the first published article in the case of duplicate publication (69.2%), authorship dispute (15.4%), errata (7.7%), and other (7.7%). The major reason for retraction in Korean medical journals is duplicate publication. Some retractions resulted from overreaction by the editors."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Therefore, editors of Korean medical journals should take careful note of the COPE retraction guidelines and should undergo training on appropriate retraction practices."

For more information on this research see: Characteristics of Retractions from Korean Medical Journals in the KoreaMed Database: A Bibliometric Analysis. Plos One, 2016;11(10):e0163588. (Public Library of Science - www.plos.org; Plos One - www.plosone.org)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S. Huh, Dept. of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include S.Y. Kim and H.M Cho.

Keywords for this news article include: Chuncheon, South Korea, Life Science Research.

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