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A Bibliometric Analysis of Retracted Scientific Publications in Social Sciences
- goeun.heo@yonsei.ac.kr
Abstract
Scientific publications sometimes have intentional or unintentional flaws such as plagiarism, conflict of interest, and data issues. These issues can affect scientific progress, and previous studies identified the reason for the retraction and distribution of papers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. In this study, we conducted a bibliometric analysis for retracted papers in social sciences included in SSCI in WoS. The results of the analysis showed that the fields of psychology contained the most retracted articles. We identified the reasons for retraction and found that data issues and plagiarism accounted for about 70% of the retracted papers. Retractions were issued by editor and publisher (22%), followed by editor (20%) and authors (19%). Among the 54 countries based on corresponding authors, 25% of the authors were from the United States, followed by the Netherlands 11%, and China 10%, respectively. This study broadens the understanding of retractions in social science academic literature and discovers the causes of publication retractions. Therefore, it can be used as basic research for the development of the academic ecosystem.
- keywords
- bibliometrics, social science, multidisciplinarity, retraction, scientific publications
- Received
- 2025-02-22
- Revised
- 2025-03-04
- Accepted
- 2025-03-20
- Published
- 2025-03-01
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