Table 8 Definition of variables in a systematic analysis of retractions in the field of veterinary medicine/animal health
Variables | Definition |
|---|---|
Journals | |
Journal title | – |
Publisher | Commercial, society/institutional, commercial publisher-hosted society |
Open-access | Yes/no |
Indexing | MEDLINE, Science Citation Index (SCI), Scopus |
Veterinary journal | Indexed in “VET” category in one or more indexes |
Impact factor | Based on 2017 Journal Citation Report |
Articles | |
Publication date | Electronic and print publication dates |
Article title | – |
Authors | First author affiliation and country |
Co-author(s) affiliation and country | |
Repeat offender (author or author group with ≥2 retractions) | |
Article type | Research, review, case report/series, other |
Research type/topic | Basic, applied, clinical, epidemiology/field, translational model |
Veterinary/animal health topic (e.g., pathology, medicine) | |
Public health relevance (yes/no) | |
Animal species involved | |
Live animal source (e.g., lab animal, wildlife, client-owned) | |
Retractions | |
Retraction date | Electronic and print retraction dates |
Time to retraction | Time interval between publication and retraction (days) |
Reason for retraction | Error, research misconduct, publication misconduct |
Initiated retraction | Author(s), editor, journal, publisher, combination |
Investigation | Internal (journal) or external (institutional) investigation |
Outcomes | HTML article: Available? Watermark? Retraction notice? |
PDF article: Available? Watermark? Retraction notice? | |