Abstract
IntroductionRetraction of published papers has a far-reaching impact on the scientific world, especially if the retracted papers were published in high-impact journals. Although it has been noted that the retraction rates of journals correlated with their citation metrics, no conclusive data were available for most clinical specialties. In this study, we determined the retraction rate for anesthesia and two comparison groups (neurosurgery and high impact clinical journals). We then studied the correlation of the retraction rate with citation metrics.MethodsWe generated a list of all anesthesia journals that were indexed in the National Library of Medicine database. We obtained the number of papers published in each journal as well as the number of papers retracted from each. We also collated the Impact Factor® and H-index of each journal. The same methodology was followed for neurosurgery and high impact clinical journals. We then studied the correlations between the retraction rate and citation metrics of each journal.ResultsThe retraction index was 2.59 for anesthesiology, 0.66 for neurosurgery and 0.75 for the high-impact clinical journals group. The retraction rate did not correlate with the citation metrics. However, the number of papers published in each journal and the absolute number of retractions showed a positive correlation with the citation metrics. The H-index showed stronger correlations with these parameters than the Impact factor.ConclusionsThe number of retractions increased in proportion to both the number of papers published in a journal and the citation metrics of that journal.
Highlights
Retraction of published papers has a far-reaching impact on the scientific world, especially if the retracted papers were published in high-impact journals
We studied the correlations between the retraction rate and citation metrics of each journal
The retraction rate did not correlate with the citation metrics
Summary
Retraction of published papers has a far-reaching impact on the scientific world, especially if the retracted papers were published in high-impact journals. It has been noted that the retraction rates of journals correlated with their citation metrics, no conclusive data were available for most clinical specialties. We determined the retraction rate for anesthesia and two comparison groups (neurosurgery and high impact clinical journals). We studied the correlation of the retraction rate with citation metrics
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