title: Retraction policies of top scientific journals ranked by impact factor.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study gathered information about the retraction policies of the top 200 scientific journals, ranked by impact factor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Editors of the top 200 science journals for the year 2012 were contacted by email.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred forty-seven journals (74%) responded to a request for information. Of these, 95 (65%) had a retraction policy. Of journals with a retraction policy, 94% had a policy that allows the editors to retract articles without authors' consent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of journals in this sample had a retraction policy, and almost all of them would retract an article without the authors' permission.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Resnik
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wager
authors.forename: Grace E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Kissling
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards; D035081:Editorial Policies; D006801:Humans; D018156:Journalism, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards; D012180:Retraction of Publication as Topic; D015871:Scientific Misconduct / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Ethics; Journal Policies; Misconduct; Retractions of Publications