Your Guide to Retraction and Non-Retraction Retractions :The Scientist [2007-03-01]


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	By Andrea Gawrylewski

Your Guide to Retraction and Non-Retraction Retractions Judging by the press coverage of Woo-Suk Hwang and others in the past few years, you might be forgiven for thinking that study retractions are on the rise. At first blush, the data support that: Among the 5,020 journals in Medline, there were 97 retracted articles in 2006, which is almost four times the 25 in 1997. The climb has not been consistent, however, with many years registering fewer