The role of national research policy and publisher practices in shaping retraction dynamics: A case study of Romania
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04 abr 2025
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Categoría del artículo: Research Notes
Publicado en línea: 04 abr 2025
Páginas: 6 - 12
Recibido: 08 ene 2025
Aceptado: 15 mar 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0022
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Retracted papers authored by Romanian scientists by years and WoS-indexing status_
Year | non-WoS | WoS | Total |
---|---|---|---|
2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2008 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2010 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
2011 | 19 | 8 | 27 |
2012 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
2013 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
2014 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2015 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
2016 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2018 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2021 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
2022 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
Total | 115 | 73 | 188 |
Published and retracted WoS articles and review articles by country or region, publishers, and period_
Period | All publishers | MDPI excluded | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000-2015 | 2016-2022 | 2000-2015 | 2016-2022 | ||
Romania | Published | 93,619 | 90,319 | 93,253 | 75,981 |
Retracted | 31 | 30 | 31 | 29 | |
Retraction rate | 3.31 | 3.32 | 3.32 | 3.82 | |
East Europe | Published | 841,960 | 717,319 | 839,694 | 635,955 |
Retracted | 172 | 216 | 172 | 210 | |
Retraction rate | 2.04 | 3.01 | 2.05 | 3.30 | |
West Europe | Published | 5,315,488 | 3,851,361 | 5,299,627 | 3,566,590 |
Retracted | 1,575 | 1,001 | 1,570 | 956 | |
Retraction rate | 2.96 | 2.60 | 2.96 | 2.68 |