The Fate of Middle Eastern Countries' Retracted Articles on Health

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1 Faculty member of Scientometrics Department, National Research Institute for Science Policy, Tehran,iran

2 Assistant Professor, Scientometrics Department, National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP), Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the fate of Middle East health articles with regard to the amount of prior to retraction citations and post retraction citations by countries.
This is an applied research and has been conducted using scientometric methods and descriptive-analytical approach. The Research population is all retracted articles of Middle-eastern countries in the field of health science which has been indexed in Clarivate Analytics from 1980 to 2018. The output of this information was compiled in VOSviewer software to draw up a collaborative map and scientific collaboration between countries.
Research findings indicate that Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates have published retracted articles in the field of health science that in the meantime, Iran, Egypt, and Turkey have the most articles, respectively. Also, except for Turkey, all citations received by all countries were posted retraction citations. More than half of these articles have been retracted in less than a year. In fact, the findings of this study can be used for policy research of research behavior in the field of health science.

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