Publish first, retract later. Is it time for introspection?
Journal Title: Medical Journal Armed Forces - Year 2018, Vol 74, Issue 2
Abstract
Retraction of a scholarly article has long been considered an important self regulatory and corrective measure where there have been serious research flaws, error or publication misconduct. Retraction of a published article is a complex and time consuming process and often poses ethical and legal challenges for the journal editors and publishers. The last decade has witnessed a considerable and progressive increase in the instances of retraction of published articles.1–4 Although increased retractions can be interpreted to be indicative of retrospective academic oversight by progressive and alert authors/journal editors and publishers, the same may also be interpreted as a reflection of mere increase in scientific misdemeanour which was missed before publishing such an article. Particularly disturbing are instances of mass retractions reported in the recent past because of massive peer review fraud.5,6
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C. K. Ranjan
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