Table 3 Reasons for retractions of publications in cancer research
Reason for retraction | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Duplicate publishing | 162 | 28.4 |
Error | 138 | 24.2 |
Fraud | 104 | 18.2 |
Plagiarism | 82 | 14.4 |
Authorship issues | 22 | 3.9 |
Ethics issues | 12 | 2.1 |
Not stated | 56 | 9.8 |
Other | 5 | 0.9 |
Total | 571 | 100 |