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NISO Recommended Practice for Communication of Retractions, Removals, and
Expressions of Concern (CREC) , publicerades den 27 juni 2024.
https://www.niso.org/publications/rp-45-2024-crec
Abstract
Publications may be retracted or removed, or expressions of concern (EoCs)
may be issued, for a broad range of reasons, including research misconduct
and serious error. While retractions are valuable mechanisms by which to
correct the scientific and scholarly record, correcting the record requires
that these decisions be clearly communicated and broadly understood.
Unclear and inconsistent representation of the retracted status of
published works may ultimately contribute to continued uncritical use of
these invalidated publications in the scholarly literature.
The primary aim of this Recommended Practice is to establish best practices
for metadata creation, transfer, and display for both the original
publication and the statement of retraction, removal, or EoC, with the goal
of facilitating the timely and efficient communication of information to
all relevant stakeholders. Although retraction remains relatively rare,
rates of retraction are increasing, and mass retractions have emerged. The
need for best practices for metadata transfer and display has increased
along with growth in retractions, removals (which are still rare and should
be justified), and EoCs. It is crucial that researchers who discover a
publication be able to identify the editorial status of the published item.
It is therefore necessary that the identification of retracted items,
removed content, and EoCs be effectively communicated to human researchers
and that these same features be evident to machine-reading and other
automated processes, as well as to other interested parties in the
scholarly information workflow.
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Jan Szczepański
F.d Förste bibliotekarie och chef för f.d Avdelningen för humaniora,
vid f.d. Centralbiblioteket, Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek
E-post: Jan.Szczepanski63(a)gmail.com