Guidelines for retracting articles

Barbour, Virginia; Kleinert, Sabine; Wager, Elizabeth; Yentis, Steven

doi:10.24318/cope.2019.1.4

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Guidelines for retracting articles

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Barbour, Virginia, Kleinert, Sabine, Wager, Elizabeth, Yentis, Steven·2009

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The 2019 COPE and ICMJE guidelines suggest that retraction notices should be linked to the retracted paper in all online versions.
“Both the 2019 COPE and ICMJE guidelines suggest that retraction notices should be linked to the retracted paper in all online versions (Committee on Publication Ethics, Barbour et al., 2019; International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, 2019).”
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Authors: Barbour, V., Kleinert, S., Wager, E., & Yentis, S.
ORCID: Barbour, Virginia
Kleinert, Sabine
Wager, Elizabeth
Publisher: Committee on Publication Ethics
Published: 2009-09-01
DOI: 10.24318/cope.2019.1.4
OpenAlex: W2909301103
Cited by: 185
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 32 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 2 · 2012: 1
Type: report
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by-nc-nd
Topics: Social Sciences › Safety Research › Academic integrity and plagiarism
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
Keywords: retraction, scholarly publishing, research integrity, publication ethics

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