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Ethics & Behavior Volume 29, 2019 - Issue 2
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Retractions in the Engineering Field: A Study on the Web of Science Database

Priscila RubboDepartment of Production Engineering,Federal University of Technology – ParanáCorrespondence[email protected]
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Caroline Lievore HelmannDepartment of Technology and Science Teaching,Federal University of Technology – ParanáORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2679-9191
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Celso Bilynkievycz dos SantosDepartment of Production Engineering,Federal University of Technology – ParanáORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2107-8299
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Luiz Alberto PilattiDepartment of Production Engineering,Federal University of Technology – ParanáORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2679-9191
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Pages 141-155 | Published online: 31 Oct 2017
 
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Abstract

This study assesses the retractions of scientific articles in engineering journals indexed on the Web of Science from 1945 to 2015. The data set was built based on documents containing the keywords retracted, retraction, withdrawal, or redress. We used database exploration techniques, including Structured Query Language and analysis of variance, for data analysis. We analyzed 238 retractions published by 117 journals. The most common reason for retraction was unethical research, and higher impact factors journals tended to publish more retractions. In conclusion, most of the analyzed retractions were the result of unethical research and were retracted by editors.

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1 Twenty of the retractions from 2009 were issued by the journal Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (JCR 1.088).

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