BACKGROUND Despite the use of in-depth peer-review processes, there occasionally are issues with published manuscripts that require retraction. The purpose of the present study was to explore the reasons for the retraction of orthopaedic research articles, with consideration of the journal impact factor and the orthopaedic subspecialty. METHODS In 2023, a database search was conducted for retracted papers written in the English language in the orthopaedic literature. The initial search yielded 3,147 results. These papers were screened by 3 independent reviewers, and 207 studies were jointly identified as retracted orthopaedic research articles. We collected data regarding the reasons for retraction, the date of publication, the date of retraction, the orthopaedic subspecialty, the impact factor of the journal, the countries of research origin, and the study design. RESULTS Of the 207 retracted articles, 104 (50.2%) were clinical science studies and 103 (49.8%) were basic science studies. The reasons for retraction were plagiarism (n = 39), intrinsic errors (n = 33), duplication (n = 30), fraud (n = 25), manipulation of the peer-review process (n = 20), no reason given (n = 18), no approval from an ethics board (n = 17), author's choice (n = 9), data ownership and/or copyright issue (n = 9), and other (n = 7). The journal impact factors ranged from 0.17 to 9.80, with a median of 2.90. The mean time from publication to retraction across all of the studies was 32.1 months (standard deviation = 37.3 months; n = 201). CONCLUSIONS An analysis of orthopaedic research revealed that the majority of retractions of articles were due to plagiarism, study errors, or duplicated material; retractions occurred internationally and across a wide range of journals.

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骨科研究文章的撤稿趋势。


背景 尽管使用了深入的同行评审过程，但已发表的手稿偶尔会出现需要撤回的问题。本研究的目的是探讨骨科研究文章撤稿的原因，同时考虑期刊影响因子和骨科亚专业。方法 2023 年，对骨科文献中以英语撰写的撤回论文进行了数据库搜索。初步搜索产生了 3,147 个结果。这些论文由 3 名独立审稿人筛选，207 项研究被共同确定为撤稿的骨科研究文章。我们收集了有关撤稿原因、出版日期、撤稿日期、骨科亚专业、期刊影响因子、研究起源国和研究设计的资料。结果 在 207 篇撤稿文章中，104 篇 （50.2%） 是临床科学研究，103 篇 （49.8%） 是基础科学研究。撤稿的原因是剽窃 （n = 39）、内在错误 （n = 33）、重复 （n = 30）、欺诈 （n = 25）、操纵同行评审过程 （n = 20）、没有给出理由 （n = 18）、未经道德委员会批准 （n = 17）、作者选择 （n = 9）、数据所有权和/或版权问题 （n = 9） 和其他 （n = 7）。期刊影响因子范围为 0.17 至 9.80，中位数为 2.90。所有研究从发表到撤回的平均时间为 32.1 个月 （标准差 = 37.3 个月;n = 201）。结论 对骨科研究的分析表明，大多数文章的撤稿是由于抄袭、研究错误或重复材料;撤稿发生在国际上和广泛的期刊中。