A Retrospective Analysis of the Trend of Retracted Publications in the Field of Biomedical and Life Sciences

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-468

  Foo, Jong Yong Abdiel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Data falsification; Fraudulent publications; Integrity; Journal publications; Research misconduct

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICINE; ETHICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; TRUST; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; TRUST;

EID: 80053317169     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-010-9212-8     Document Type: Article

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