Postmortem of Retracted Scientific Publications from Türkiye

Year 2023, , 137 - 152, 19.10.2023

Fahad Ahmed , Yazgı Beriy Altun Güzelderen , Şefik Yurdakul , Parısa Pouralı Kahrız , Khalıd Mahmood Khawar

https://doi.org/10.55517/mrr.1303112

Abstract

Aim: These days the number of scientific publications is crucial in career advancements and respect in the scientific community. The researchers focus on increasing the number of publications per year, which sometimes compromises the quality of publications. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of retracted publications with contributions from Turkish authors. Methods: PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched with a combination of MeSH terms and free words relevant to “retracted publication/s” and “Turkey.” The inclusion criteria were (i) retracted publication and (ii) any authors of the study having affiliation with an institution in Turkey. Bibliographic information of selected publications was extracted. Results: A total of 147 publications were retrieved from three databases. The earliest retracted article was published in 1996, followed by an increasing trend of retracted publications. The study showed 106 (72.1%) articles have full-text Access. Overall 127 scientific journals have published these articles. Scientific Reports and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery were the top journals with four retracted publications. Hacettepe University, was the lead institute, contributing seven publications. The most common reasons for retractions were duplication 50 (34%) and most retracted notices were issued by editor 63 (42.9%). The majority of publications were from Medical Science 93 (63.3% paper) and the highest number, 44 were from surgery and allied. Turkish authors had international collaborations with 20 countries. Conclusion: The number of retracted publications is not high, the trend is increasing. To overcome this, research methodology and research ethics training are crucial.

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research training, research ethics, research methodology, Retracted publications, Turkey

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TÜRKİYE’DEN GERİ ÇEKİLEN BİLİMSEL YAYINLARIN İNCELENMESİ

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Amaç: Günümüzde bilimsel yayınların sayısı, kariyer basamakları ve bilim camiasında saygınlık açısından çok önemlidir. Araştırmacılar her yıl yayın sayısını artırmaya odaklandığından bazen yayınların kalitesinden ödün verilmektedir. Bu çalışma, Türk yazarlar tarafından yayımlandıktan sonra geri çekilen yayınların özelliklerini incelemeyi amaçlamıştır. Yöntem: “Geri çekilmiş yayın/lar” ile “Türkiye” MeSH terimleri ayrı ayrı ve kombinasyon halinde PubMed, Scopus ve Web of Science veritabanlarında tarandı. Çalışmaya dahil edilme kriterleri yayının geri çekilmiş olması ve ilgili yayının yazarlarından birinin Türkiye'deki bir kurumla bağlantısı olmasıydı. Seçilen yayınlar bibliyografik bilgiler açısından incelendi. Bulgular: Üç veri tabanından toplam 147 yayın alındı. Geri çekilen ilk makale 1996'da yayınlanmıştı ve sonraki yıllarda geri çekilen yayınlarda artış izlendi. Tam metne erişim 106 (%72,1) makalede sağlandı. Yayınlar toplam 127 ayrı bilimsel dergide yayınlanmıştı. Scientific Reports ve Aesthetic Plastic Surgery dergileri dört geri çekilmiş yayın ile en çok geri çekilmiş yayına sahip dergilerdi. Hacettepe Üniversitesi yedi yayınla toplama en çok katkı sağlayan enstitü oldu. Geri çekilen makalelerde en yaygın neden duplikasyondu ve 50 (%34) yayında saptandı, geri çekme bildirimlerinin 63 (%42,9)’ü editör tarafından yayınlandı. Yayınların çoğunluğu sağlık bilimleri alanında 93 (%63,3 makale) ve alt başlık olarak da 44'ü cerrahi alanındaydı. Çalışmalarda Türk yazarların 20 ülke ile uluslararası işbirlikleri vardı. Sonuç: Geri çekilen yayınların sayısı fazla olmamakla birlikte artış gösterme eğilimindedir. Bu durumu önlemek için araştırma metodolojisi ve araştırma etiği eğitimleri çok önemlidir.

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araştırma eğitimi, araştırma etiği, araştırma metodolojisi, Geri çekilmiş yayınlar, Türkiye

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