基于撤稿观察数据库的论文撤稿国际比较研究

International Comparative Study on Retracted Paper Based on Retraction Watch Database

摘要:

本研究基于撤稿观察数据库(Retraction Watch Database)对2014-2018年间中国、美国、英国、德国和日本2208篇撤稿论文进行了分析。五年间,各国的撤稿论文和因科研不端撤稿论文数量均呈现下降趋势,我国的撤稿论文和因科研不端撤稿论文数量均高于其余四国,剽窃是科研不端行为中最多发的行为。以每万篇因科研不端行为撤稿论文的比例统计,我国在2014-2018年间取得很大进步,但与发达国家仍有较大差距。从领域分布看,基础生命科学和健康科学领域因科研不端撤稿论文比例呈现逐年减少趋势,而物理科学领域撤稿比例逐年增加；科研不端撤稿论文的重灾区有向新兴技术和交叉学科转变的趋势。

Abstract:

This study analyzed 2208 retracted papers recorded in the Retraction Watch Database. These papers were authored from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, and published during 2014 to 2018. The analysis results show that the number of retracted papers and the retracted papers due to research misconduct were decreased in past five years. The number of retracted papers and retracted papers due to research misconduct from China are higher than those in other four countries. Plagiarism is the most common type of research misconduct. In terms of the number of retracted paper due to research misconduct per 10000 papers, China has made great progress in 2014-2018. But China still has a large gap with those developed countries. From the perspective of discipline distribution, the proportion of papers retracted due to research misconduct in the disciplines of basic life sciences and health sciences is showing a decreasing trend year by year, while the proportion of papers retracted in the discipline of physical sciences is increasing year by year. Also, it showed a trend that the number of retracted paper is increasing in the fields of emerging technologies and inter-disciplinarity.