Retracted Publications in MEDLINE
Each year numerous biomedical research publications are formally retracted by their authors or by the editors of the publishing journal. The reasons for an article being retracted range from the benign to the serious. Quite often, articles are retracted due to unintentional mistakes such as computational errors being discovered after a study is published. Sometimes, the authors may simply be unable to reproduce test results in subsequent studies and feel that a retraction is in order. Other times, however, articles are retracted after authors are discovered to have fabricated results or to have engaged in plagiarism of others’ work. These cases can involve significant legal issues and may drag on for years.
For more information on the interesting subject of retracting articles, run a PubMed search on the retraction of biomedical publications. For more information on how MEDLINE handles retractions, view the National Library of Medicine's Fact Sheet on Errata, Retractions, et. al.
Lists of recent retractions
If you have any questions about the list or about retracted publications in general, please contact the Lewis Library Reference Department at x2070 or use our Ask-A-Librarian service.
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