Table 2 Distributions of area, topic, and type of study of retracted articles. aA retracted article could be categorised in more than one area
From: Retracted articles in rehabilitation: just the tip of the iceberg? A bibliometric analysis
Areaa | N | Topic | N (%) | Type of study | N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Musculoskeletal | 143 | Rehabilitation | 55 (20%) | Observational | 91 (33%) |
Neurology | 69 | Drugs | 47 (17%) | RCTs | 65 (23%) |
Sports/Physical activity | 52 | Surgery | 36 (13%) | Scoping review | 27 (10%) |
Orthopaedics | 38 | Physical Activity | 36 (13%) | Systematic review | 18 (6%) |
Gerontology | 32 | Diagnostic | 18 (6%) | Meta-analysis | 15 (5%) |
Cardiopulmunary | 9 | Epidemiology | 17 (6%) | Methodological | 14 (5%) |
Pediatrics | 8 | Complementary/alternative medicine | 12 (4%) | Letter/note | 1 (0.5%) |
Continence and Women’s health | 3 | Outcome measure | 11 (4%) | Protocols | 1 (0.5%) |
Oncology | 3 | Biomechanics | 7 (3%) | Others | 48 (17%) |
Ergonomics | 2 | Modalities | 4 (1%) | Â | Â |
Occupational health | 2 | Others | 37 (13%) | Â | Â |
Others | 94 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Total | 455 | Total | 280 (100%) | Total | 280 (100%) |