Mapping Academic Integrity: Annual Publication and Retraction by Topic

This dataset includes Web of Science-indexed publications and retracted papers. It presents annual counts of publications and retractions, along with their respective retraction rates, analyzed from a topic-based perspective. It comprises the following sheets:

• Figure 1
  • number of retracted papers and retraction noties of each year between 2000 and 2025
• Figure 2
  • number of retracted papers by each retraction reason from 2000 to 2025
• Figure 3
  • total publications, total retractions, and retraction rate  for macro-topics between 2000 and 2025
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  • number of retractions and their corresponding coordinates for meso-topics between 2000 and 2025
• Figure 5
  • share of publications, share of retractions,  and relative retraction rate for meso- and micro-topics 
• Figure 6
  • number of publications, number of retractions, and retraction rate of each year for macro-topics
• Figure 7
  • annual number of publications and retracted papers for all topics, along with annual number of publications, number of retracted papers, share of publications, share of retractions, and relative retraction rate for meso-topics
• Figure 8
  • annual number of publications, number of retracted papers, share of publications, share of retractions, and relative retraction rate for micro-topics 
• Figure 9 
  • the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and relative retraction rate for meso-topics and micro-topics for 4-year window
• Figure A1
  • number of publications for meso-topics between 2000 and 2025
• Figure A2
  • the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and relative retraction rate for meso-topics and micro-topics for 20-year window (from 2003 to 2022) 
• Figure A2
  • the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and relative retraction rate for meso-topics and micro-topics for 10-year window (from 2013 to 2022)