"Memon and his colleagues examined 4,578 papers, involving just under 15,000 authors, that were retracted between 1990 and 2015. The results, published in Nature Human Behaviour in April, showed that "around 45.9% of authors left their publishing careers around the time of retraction". The study found that early-career researchers were more likely than others to stop publishing after a retraction, as were authors whose papers were pulled for misconduct or plagiarism, and those whose retracted works attracted attention online."
"They generally retain "less senior and less productive co-authors, but gain more impactful co-authors post-retraction", Memon and his colleagues state. In this case, research impact was determined by how many citations the co-author attracted. Further analysis is needed to determine why this happens, but Memon is urging publishers and institutions to not treat retracted authors as a homogeneous group, and to instead look at individual cases and give support when need"
4,578 papers involving just under 15,000 authors that were retracted between 1990 and 2015 were examined. Around 45.9% of authors left their publishing careers around the time of retraction. Early-career researchers were more likely than others to stop publishing after a retraction. Authors whose papers were pulled for misconduct or plagiarism, and those whose retracted works attracted attention online, also had higher exit rates. Authors who continued publishing after a retraction tended to build larger collaboration networks, retaining less senior and less productive co-authors but gaining more impactful co-authors measured by citation counts. Further analysis is needed to determine causes, and publishers and institutions are urged to treat retracted authors individually and provide targeted support.
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