Abstract:Objective: To provide an overview of retractions of research papers contributed by authors from the Arab region.
Method: Papers in which the first author was affiliated to an Arabian country were selected from the Retraction Watch database covering the period 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2018. The retrieved records were divided into nine categories based on the reasons for retraction.
Results: The search yielded 322 retractions, and the most frequent reason for retraction was plagiarism (3… Show more
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