图书情报知识 ›› 2018, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (4): 53-66.doi: 10.13366/j.dik.2018.04.053

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撤销论文信息计量的研究综述

张春博,丁堃,刘则渊   

  • 出版日期:2018-07-10 发布日期:2018-07-10

Research Review on Informetric Analysis of Retracted Publications

  • Online:2018-07-10 Published:2018-07-10

摘要:

撤销已出版的论文是以期刊为核心的科学共同体对有问题的研究进行揭露清理、维护科学规范的处置机制。而通过对被撤销的有问题论文及其撤销声明所包含的信息进行分析,可以反映科学不端和科学错误等失范现象。对国内外的被撤销论文信息计量研究相关文献进行梳理,展示该领域的“本体特征—生成影响—撤销原因”的主题结构和具体内容。撤销论文的本体特征信息计量主要涉及时间分布、地理分布、学科期刊、研究主体和撤销时滞五个维度。以论文被引为主导的生成影响信息计量涵盖被引状况描述、被引原因及影响因素、附加影响和抑制对策措施四个方面。基于撤销声明内容的撤销原因信息计量可归纳为撤销原因分类及统计、不同原因下的特征差异和专门原因分析三个主题。在对部分研究质疑撤销论文作为科学失范代理指标合理性做出回应后,总结了当前撤销论文信息计量研究存在的主要不足:理论认识有待深化、研究数据不够全面和方法指标尚需完善。最后,指出撤销论文信息计量需要深入、全面和系统的研究。

关键词: 撤销论文, 信息计量, 科学规范, 本体特征, 科学影响, 撤销原因

Abstract:

Retracting publication is a mechanism to uncover problematic research and maintain scientific norms by scientific communities with journals as the core. By analyzing the information of problematic publications and the retraction statements, we can reveal some anomie phenomenon, including scientific misconduct and scientific mistakes, etc. With the literature review of the research on informetric analysis of retracted publications, a structure of "FeatureImpactReason" has been found in themes and contents. The feature analysis refers to five dimensions, including time distribution, geographical distribution, category and journal, research subject and retracted timelag. The impact analysis based on citation contains four aspects, including description of cited condition, reasons and impact factors, additional impact, and countermeasures. Informatics analysis on retraction reasons can be summarized as classification and statistics, difference of features with different reasons, and analysis on the specific reason based on retraction statement. After responding to the doubt whether it is reasonable to take retracted publications as proxy measures of scientific misconducts, this study concludes the limitation of current studies on informetric analysis on retracted publications, including deficiency of theoretical knowledge, insufficient research data, methods and imperfection of indicators that need to be improved. Finally, it is pointed out that the future research on informetric analysis of retracted publications needs to be indepth, comprehensive and systematic.

Keywords: Retracted publication, Informetric analysis, Scientific norm, Feature of retracted publications, Scientific impact, Retraction reason