... I don't know whether this is a lot or something normal for the field of medicine. 10 retractions per month for one "topic" seems a lot, however there has been an explosion in the last 15 years of journals, I suspect quality has suffered across the entire field. This is not confined to medicine. At the same time, the overwhelming majority of these retractions were voluntary. Only ~5% where labeled as having been retracted with "concerns". Many were retracted and then restored with minor change / insignificant change. Some were retracted because something had changed outside the authors control (like a referenced article had been retracted or replaced), changed and then restored. Some were just bad science, a small minority.Bart wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:14 am Bad science or rushed science? He is a link to a page that lists, to date, the 189 scientific articles retracted that deal with COVID.
https://retractionwatch.com/retracted-c ... 19-papers/
Kind of ugly. Don't know if it is just bad science or rushed science or probably a combination of both.
Some will take this as their see "science / medicine is just bullsh*t" proof. Actually it is just the opposite.