Table 5 Characteristics of retracted articles in the field of veterinary medicine/animal health
Characteristic | No. (%) of Retractions in Category | No. (%) of First Authors at FVM or Vet Dept/Lab/Institute |
|---|---|---|
Type of Article (n = 242) | ||
 Case reports/case series | 20 (8.2) | 17/20 (85.0) |
 Hypothesis | 1 (0.4) | 0 |
 Research | 204 (84.3) | 105/204 (51.5) |
 Reviews | 17 (7.0) | 10/17 (58.8) |
Type of Research (n = 204) | ||
 Applied | 39 (19.1) | 15/39 (38.5) |
 Basic | 92 (45.1) | 51/92 (55.4) |
 Clinical (veterinary) | 13 (6.4) | 12/13 (92.3) |
 Clinical (human) | 4 (2.0) | 1/4 (25.0) |
 Epidemiology/field | 31 (15.2) | 11/31 (35.5) |
 Translational animal model | 24 (11.7) | 14/24 (58.3) |
 Unknown | 1 (0.5) | 1 (100) |
Veterinary/Animal Health Topic (n = 188) | ||
 Anatomy and physiology | 14 (7.4) | 9/14 (64.3) |
 Behavior and welfare | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0) |
 Disease/disease investigation | 97 (51.6) | 62/97 (63.9) |
 Food safety | 10 (5.3) | 5/10 (50.0) |
 Genetics (avian) | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0) |
 Nutrition | 6 (3.2) | 1/6 (16.7) |
 Pathology/microbiology/parasitology/immunology | 27 (14.4) | 11/27 (40.7) |
 Reproduction/reproductive biology | 28 (14.9) | 10/28 (35.7) |
 Toxicology | 2 (1.1) | 1/2 (50.0) |
Public Health Relevance (n = 35) | ||
 Food safety/drug residues/antimicrobial resistance | 17 (48.6) | 6/17(35.3) |
 Environmental toxicology | 4 (11.4) | 0/4 (0) |
 Zoonotic disease | 14 (40.0) | 6/14 (42.8) |
Species Focus (n = 225) | ||
 Avian (all but 1 wildlife) | 19 (8.4) | 2/19 (10.5) |
 Companion animal (dog, cat, horse) | 35 (15.5) | 30/35 (85.7) |
 Fish | 17 (7.5) | 3/17 (17.6) |
 Human | 14 (6.2) | 6/13 (46.1) |
 Laboratory (mouse, rat, rabbit) | 47 (20.9) | 33/47 (70.2) |
 Livestock (cattle, pig, sheep, goat, buffalo, camel) | 52 (23.1) | 31/52 (59.6) |
 Non-human primate | 8 (3.5) | 2/8 (25.0) |
 Non-domestic (bear, elephant, fox, hare, lynx, opossum, snake) | 7 (3.1) | 4/7 (57.1) |
 Multiple species | 8 (3.5) | 4/8 (50.0) |
 Poultry | 18 (8.0) | 10/18 (55.5) |