Detecting errors that result in retractions

TY - JOUR

T1 - Detecting errors that result in retractions

AU - Andersen, Line Edslev

AU - Wray, K. Brad

N1 - Themed Issue: Academic Lives and Cultures

PY - 2019/12

Y1 - 2019/12

N2 - We present a taxonomy of errors in the scientific literature and an account of how the errors are distributed over the categories. We have developed the taxonomy by studying substantial errors in the scientific literature as described in retraction notices published in the journal Science over the past 35 years. We then examine how the sorts of errors that lead to retracted papers can be prevented and detected, considering the perspective of collaborating scientists, journal editors and referees, and readers of the published articles.

AB - We present a taxonomy of errors in the scientific literature and an account of how the errors are distributed over the categories. We have developed the taxonomy by studying substantial errors in the scientific literature as described in retraction notices published in the journal Science over the past 35 years. We then examine how the sorts of errors that lead to retracted papers can be prevented and detected, considering the perspective of collaborating scientists, journal editors and referees, and readers of the published articles.

KW - collaboration

KW - errors in science

KW - journal editors

KW - misconduct

KW - referees

KW - retraction

KW - scientific journals

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073811732&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/0306312719872008

DO - 10.1177/0306312719872008

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 31512978

SN - 0306-3127

VL - 49

SP - 942

EP - 954

JO - Social Studies of Science

JF - Social Studies of Science

IS - 6

ER -