Plagiarism and data falsification are the most common reasons for retracted publications in obstetrics and gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2019, Pages 1134-1140

  Chambers, L M ^a   Michener, C M ^a   Falcone, T ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Article retraction; obstetrics and gynaecology; plagiarism; research misconduct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ERROR; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDLINE; OBSTETRICS; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETRACTION NOTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PLAGIARISM; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 85064687513     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15689     Document Type: Review

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