国际医学学术期刊撤稿原因的调查分析——以Scopus数据库为例

Investigation and analysis of reasons for rejecting international medical academic journals: taking Scopus database as an example

在国际著名的摘要和引文数据库Scopus中检索2015—2017年医学领域国际期刊的撤稿声明,收集并分析撤稿声明中的相关信息。检索后共获得1 015篇针对已发表正式论文的撤稿声明,声明数量逐年减少。发表撤稿声明较多的期刊,普遍质量不高,撤稿数量和期刊影响因子并没有明显的相关性。从Scopus上可以获得能提供有效撤稿相关信息的声明摘要共409篇,涉及文章419篇,学术不端是撤稿的主要原因,占所有撤稿原因的46.8%。撤稿文章来自38个国家,其中数量最多的为中国(97篇)、美国(95篇)、伊朗(53篇)、日本(28篇)、印度(22篇)、英国(14篇)、韩国(11篇)。几乎所有国家的撤稿原因中都包括学术不端或重复发表。撤稿声明时滞为0~26年,中位数2年,平均值3.3年。学术不端的撤稿时滞中位数为3年,重复发表的撤稿时滞中位数为1年。

We retrieved the retraction statements of international journals during 2015-2017 in the medical field from Scopus,and collected and analyzed relevant information in the retraction statements. A total of 1 015 retraction statements have been made to the officially published papers,the number of which has been declining year by year. There were no obvious correlations between the number of manuscripts retracted and the impact factors of periodicals. A total of 409 abstracts were available from Scopus that provide valid information for retraction,covering a total of 419 articles. Academic misconduct was the main reason for retraction,accounting for 46. 8% of the total. The articles were from 38 countries,with the largest number being 97 in China,95 in the United States,53 in Iran,28 in Japan,22 in India,14 in the United Kingdom and 11 in South Korea. Almost all countries have included academic misconduct or repeated publication for reasons of their retraction. The retraction statement lags ranged between 0 and26 years,with a median of 2 years,and an average of 3. 3 years.The median delay for academic misconduct was 3 years,and the median number of reissued delayed rejections was 1 year.