What to communicate in retraction notices?

Xu, Shaoxiong Brian; Hu, Guangwei

doi:10.1002/leap.1548

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“…The nature and characteristics of retraction notices have been the topics examined in several recent papers (Moylan & Kowalczuk, 2016 ; Vuong, 2020 ; Hesselmann & Reinhart, 2021 ; Teixeira da Silva & Vuong, 2022 ; Xu et al, 2023 ; Xu & Hu, 2023 ). A general concern voiced is that such notices tend to be brief and are insufficiently informative or transparent.…”

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Potential Issues in Mandating a Disclosure of Institutional Investigation in Retraction Notices

Tang

2024

Sci Eng Ethics

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A retraction notice is a formal announcement for the removal of a paper from the literature, which is a weighty matter. Xu et al. (Science and Engineering Ethics, 29(4), 25 2023) reported that 73.7% of retraction notices indexed by the Web of Science (1927–2019) provided no information about institutional investigations that may have led to the retractions, and recommended that Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) retraction guidelines should make it mandatory to disclose institutional investigations leading to retractions in such notices. While this recommendation would add to the transparency of the retraction process, a blanket mandate as such could be potentially problematic. For research misconduct (RM)-positive cases, a mandatory investigative disclosure may be abused by some to deflect responsibility. More importantly, a mandatory disclosure could harm authors and institutions in RM-negative cases (i.e. those stemming from honest errors with no misconduct). I illustrate with case vignettes the potential epistemic injustice and confusion that a mandate for investigation disclosure in retraction notices could incur, and suggest a more nuanced approach to its implementation.

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Potential Issues in Mandating a Disclosure of Institutional Investigation in Retraction Notices

Tang

2024

Sci Eng Ethics

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Reducing ‘avoidable research waste’ in applied linguistics research: Insights from healthcare research

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Chalmers

2023

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This paper explores Chalmers and Glasziou's (2009) notion of ‘research waste’ from healthcare research to examine what it can offer the field of applied linguistics. Drawing on examples from both disciplines, we unpack Macleod et al.'s (2014) five research waste categories: (1) asking the wrong research questions, (2) failing to situate new research in the context of existing research, (3) inefficient research regulation/management, (4) failing to disseminate findings, and (5) poor research reporting practices. We advance this typology to help applied linguists identify and reduce avoidable research waste and improve the relevance, quality, and impact of their research.

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