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Originally Posted by dtennent
Let's put this in perspective.
1) Assume that the number of 39,000 retractions is correct for the past 10 years. For 2022 the reported retractions was 6393.
2) A simple google search shows that 2-3 million articles are being published annually. I will take the number of 2.8 million for 2022 which was on the Science.org website. It is based on Scopus and Web of Science publication databases
Just a moment...
3) That means the number of retracted articles is about 0.23% of all the articles published in 2022.
While the growth in retracted papers is disturbing, the system is still working. Having worked in science all my life, I have come across people who publish false data. When it eventually comes to light, that person's reputation is, at the very least, diminished. If we are going to evaluate science, let's at least use the data correctly. How many other professions are as good? |
11,300 of the retractions were for only two branches of science, not all of them.
If we are going to evaluate science, let's at least use the data correctly.