Retractions Australia User Guide
The Explorer
This data explorer presents data from the main Retraction Watch Database where retractions are associated with either Australian or New Zealand institutions or authors.
Institutions or authors may appear due to affiliation even though their primary location or appointment is within Australian or New Zealand.
Data is processed and presented in a summarised infographic style. The charts and tables highlight various aspects of the retractions data, mostly around the source of a retraction (institution, author and publication) and reasons why articles have been retracted.
In general, there is a background story around why an article may have been retracted; this is presented where possible via the main Retraction Watch blog link (for example, in the "Retractions - by most recent" table under the "Blog" column. Visitors are encouraged to perform their own searches and investigations to discover the fuller background to any retraction details listed on this site.
Most charts, tables and visualisations should be self-explanatory, however extended contextual help and information is available by clicking on the tip icon at the top right of any infographic (). This will load a pop up window with additional information around any explanation of the figure and details of any enhanced interaction available.
Some tables can be sorted by column, by clicking on the column name at the top. Data in some charts containing time series or segmented data can be filtered by clicking on the name in the legend to hide or reveal data content.
Figure content may be searchable; these figures will contain a search box above or inlaid on the figure. Seach boxes will autocomplete from the dataset where relevant (e.g. geographical data) and/or will perform a live filtered result (e.g. tabular data). Case-insensitive sub-string matching will be performed, e.g. "wales" will match "University of New South Wales"
Contextual information around retractions and scientific integrity and quality.
There is a growing recognition that reproducibility of scientific results is not as robust as previously accepted. This has wide implications for all forms of research, but especially health and medical research.
Initiatives have been undertaken in the United Kingdom (e.g. by the Academy of Medical Sciences, Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council) and in the USA (e.g. by the National Institutes of Health) to address the reproducibility and quality of research.
This site aims to raise awareness around scientific integrity, specifically related to the retraction of publications as an important component in the quality control of research data output, transparency and accountability.
Disclaimer
All data presented here is for informational purposes only and has been sourced and processed from the main Retraction Watch Database (Australian and New Zealand entries). The Retraction Watch Database (http://retractiondatabase.org/) is the authoritative repository for all information around published scientific retractions.
Information and data presented on Retractions Australia should not be used to discriminate against a particular researcher, Institution or Journal.
The presence of an entity on this site is not necessarily an indicator of the integrity of any entity that may appear. It simply indicates that the researcher, Institution or Journal has retracted an article following publication - an entity may appear because it is vigilant in detection and taking action on papers that require retraction.
Data presented here is of a general nature and visitors to this site are strongly encouraged to perform their own investigations around scientific retractions.