Biased, wrong and counterfeited evidences published during the COVID-19 pandemic, a systematic review of retracted COVID-19 papers

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作者：
Capodici A. [1 ,2 ]
Salussolia A. [1 ]
Sanmarchi F. [1 ]
Gori D. [1 ]
Golinelli D. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via San Giacomo 12, Bologna
[2] Department of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics), Stanford University - School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
来源：
Quality & Quantity | 2023年 / 57卷 / 5期
关键词：
COVID-19; Frauds; Misconduct; Peer-review; Retracted; Systematic review;
D O I：
10.1007/s11135-022-01587-3
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摘要：
In 2020 COVID-19 led to an unprecedented stream of papers being submitted to journals. Scientists and physicians all around the globe were in need for information about this new disease. In this climate, many articles were accepted after extremely fast peer-reviews to provide the scientific community with the latest discoveries and knowledge. Unfortunately, this also led to articles retraction due to authors’ misconduct or errors in methodology and/or conclusions. The aim of this study is to investigate the number and characteristics of retracted papers, and to explore the main causes that led to retraction. We conducted a systematic review on retracted articles, using PubMed as data source. Our inclusion criteria were the following: English-language retracted articles that reported original data, results, opinions or hypotheses on COVID-19 and Sars-CoV-2. Twenty-seven retracted articles were identified, mainly reporting observational studies and opinion pieces. Many articles published during the first year of the pandemic have been retracted, mainly due to the authors' scientific misconduct. Duplications, plagiarism, frauds and absence of consent, were the main reasons for retractions. In modern medicine, researchers are required to publish frequently, and, especially during situations like the COVID-19 pandemic, when articles were rapidly published, gaps in peer-reviews system and in the path to scientific publication arose. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
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