Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research
Date Submitted: Apr 27, 2023
Open Peer Review Period: Apr 26, 2023 - Jun 21, 2023
Date Accepted: Aug 22, 2023
(closed for review but you can still tweet)
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Article retractions and gender: a retrospective study of 134 medical journals
We examined the gender distribution of authors of retracted articles in 134 medical journals across 10 disciplines, compared it with the gender distribution of authors of all published articles, and found that women were underrepresented among authors of retracted articles, and, in particular, of articles retracted for misconduct.
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