今天小编在查看文献的时候,一不小心看到了一篇撤稿通知,点开细节查看发现基本上同一张生存曲线图发了8篇SCI,而这8篇SCI都是来自国内不同单位的作者,而且发表的年份也不太相同。具体的情况如下:
首先,看到Retraction notice to “Interleukin-36 receptor antagonist is associated with the progression of renal cell carcinoma” [Int. Immunopharmacol. 84 (2020) 106474]在今年3月份初出版,然后不小心点看到了撤稿通知具体内容:主要是文章的生存曲线图和Cox回归的表格与别的文章存在严重的重复性,下面是官方原文的撤稿详情:
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal).
This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief.
This article has similarities to seven other papers that have been published. They have similar Kaplan-Meier curves, and tables and table values. These similar graphics and tables apply to different disease states, target mediators and numbers of patients in different studies.
After the comments of Dr Elisabeth Bik https://pubpeer.com/publications/39A1613F4546DA16064BA441B29A0F regarding this article, the journal requested the author to provide the raw data. However, the author did not respond.
Dr. Elisabeth Bik is acknowledged for pointing out the irregularities in these papers.
具体图片重复性细节如下:
很明显这些文章都是由同一个第三机构生产的,相当于一份数据绘制的图片发了多篇SCI,连图片的颜色都不改一下。估计像这种文章还有很多很多,目前发现的只是冰山一角。
参考链接(期刊撤稿链接):
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567576921001193?via%3Dihub
Dr. Elisabeth Bik分析细节参考链接:
https://pubpeer.com/publications/39A1613F4546DA16064BA441B29A0F