Improving the Reliability of Literature Reviews: Detection of Retracted Articles through Academic Search Engines
Nowadays, a multitude of scientific publications on health science are being developed that require correct bibliographic search in order to avoid the use and inclusion of retracted literature in them. The use of these articles could directly affect the consistency of the scientific studies and coul...
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| author | Elena Pastor-Ramón Ivan Herrera-Peco Oskia Agirre María García-Puente José María Morán |
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| description | Nowadays, a multitude of scientific publications on health science are being developed that require correct bibliographic search in order to avoid the use and inclusion of retracted literature in them. The use of these articles could directly affect the consistency of the scientific studies and could affect clinical practice. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the capacity of the main scientific literature search engines, both general (Gooogle Scholar) and scientific (PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, and Web of Science), used in health sciences in order to check their ability to detect and warn users of retracted articles in the searches carried out. The sample of retracted articles was obtained from RetractionWatch. The results showed that although Google Scholar was the search engine with the highest capacity to retrieve selected articles, it was the least effective, compared with scientific search engines, at providing information on the retraction of articles. The use of different scientific search engines to retrieve as many scientific articles as possible, as well as never using only a generic search engine, is highly recommended. This will reduce the possibility of including retracted articles and will avoid affecting the reliability of the scientific studies carried out. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ec481da02294008af32836594c1f9b52023-11-24T07:22:16ZengMDPI AGEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education2174-81442254-96252022-05-0112545846410.3390/ejihpe12050034Improving the Reliability of Literature Reviews: Detection of Retracted Articles through Academic Search EnginesElena Pastor-Ramón0Ivan Herrera-Peco1Oskia Agirre2María García-Puente3José María Morán4Virtual Health Sciences Library of the Balearic Islands (Bibliosalut), 07120 Palma, SpainFaculty of Communication, Pompeu Fabra University, 08018 Barcelona, SpainPublic Health and Paharmacy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, 28621 Madrid, SpainFundación Jiménez Díaz, 28040 Madrid, SpainMetabolic Bone Diseases Research Group, Nursing Department, Nursing and Occupational Therapy College, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, SpainNowadays, a multitude of scientific publications on health science are being developed that require correct bibliographic search in order to avoid the use and inclusion of retracted literature in them. The use of these articles could directly affect the consistency of the scientific studies and could affect clinical practice. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the capacity of the main scientific literature search engines, both general (Gooogle Scholar) and scientific (PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, and Web of Science), used in health sciences in order to check their ability to detect and warn users of retracted articles in the searches carried out. The sample of retracted articles was obtained from RetractionWatch. The results showed that although Google Scholar was the search engine with the highest capacity to retrieve selected articles, it was the least effective, compared with scientific search engines, at providing information on the retraction of articles. The use of different scientific search engines to retrieve as many scientific articles as possible, as well as never using only a generic search engine, is highly recommended. This will reduce the possibility of including retracted articles and will avoid affecting the reliability of the scientific studies carried out.https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/5/34research methodologybiomedical publishingpublication ethicsscientific misconductretraction of publication |
| spellingShingle | Elena Pastor-Ramón Ivan Herrera-Peco Oskia Agirre María García-Puente José María Morán Improving the Reliability of Literature Reviews: Detection of Retracted Articles through Academic Search Engines European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education research methodology biomedical publishing publication ethics scientific misconduct retraction of publication |
| title | Improving the Reliability of Literature Reviews: Detection of Retracted Articles through Academic Search Engines |
| title_full | Improving the Reliability of Literature Reviews: Detection of Retracted Articles through Academic Search Engines |
| title_fullStr | Improving the Reliability of Literature Reviews: Detection of Retracted Articles through Academic Search Engines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving the Reliability of Literature Reviews: Detection of Retracted Articles through Academic Search Engines |
| title_short | Improving the Reliability of Literature Reviews: Detection of Retracted Articles through Academic Search Engines |
| title_sort | improving the reliability of literature reviews detection of retracted articles through academic search engines |
| topic | research methodology biomedical publishing publication ethics scientific misconduct retraction of publication |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/5/34 |
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