对比剽窃与虚假审稿撤稿论文的引用问题,发现前者引用更多且更难被识别。
Retracted Citations and Self-citations in Retracted Publications: A Comparative Study of Plagiarism and Fake Peer Review
- 比较剽窃与虚假审稿两类撤稿论文的引用行为,分析其引用模式差异。
- 剽窃类论文被引2.5倍于虚假审稿类,且其撤稿引用总量高1.8倍。
- 虚假审稿更快被发现撤稿,但自我引用在后续撤稿中占比更高。
撤稿引用仍是学术界的重大关切,因其传播错误信息并损害科学文献的完整性。本文聚焦两类撤稿原因:剽窃与虚假审稿。数据来自Scopus,撤稿原因通过Retraction Watch数据库映射。撤稿趋势显示,剽窃案例平均增长1.2倍,虚假审稿则呈波动状,平均增长5.5倍。尽管剽窃类撤稿论文数量少于虚假审稿类,但前者被引次数为后者的2.5倍。此外,剽窃类论文的总撤稿引用数比虚假审稿类高1.8倍。在剽窃类别中,46%的撤稿引用源于剽窃;在虚假审稿类别中,53.6%的撤稿引用归因于虚假审稿。结果还表明,虚假审稿案例比剽窃案例更快被识别和撤稿。最后,自我引用在撤稿论文的引用中占比较小,但在两类中后期被撤稿的引用里占比显著更高。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Retracted citations remain a significant concern in academia as they perpetuate misinformation and compromise the integrity of scientific literature despite their invalidation. To analyze the impact of retracted citations, we focused on two retraction categories: plagiarism and fake peer review. The data set was sourced from Scopus and the reasons for the retraction were mapped using the Retraction Watch database. The retraction trend shows a steady average growth in plagiarism cases of 1.2 times, while the fake peer review exhibits a fluctuating pattern with an average growth of 5.5 times. Although fewer papers are retracted in the plagiarism category compared to fake peer reviews, plagiarism-related papers receive 2.5 times more citations. Furthermore, the total number of retracted citations for plagiarized papers is 1.8 times higher than that for fake peer review papers. Within the plagiarism category, 46% of the retracted citations are due to plagiarism, while 53.6% of the retracted citations in the fake peer review category are attributed to the fake peer review. The results also suggest that fake peer review cases are identified and retracted more rapidly than plagiarism cases. Finally, self-citations constitute a small percentage of citations to retracted papers but are notably higher among citations that are later retracted in both the categories.
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