We examined the gender distribution of authors of retracted articles in 134 medical journals across 10 disciplines, compared it with the gender distribution of authors of all published articles, and found that women were underrepresented among authors of retracted articles, and, in particular, of articles retracted for misconduct.
Keywords: error; fraud; gender; inequality; integrity; journal; misconduct; plagiarism; publication; publish; publishing; research; research article; research study; retraction; retractions; retrospective; scientific integrity; scientific research; woman; women.
©Paul Sebo, Joëlle Schwarz, Margaux Achtari, Carole Clair. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 06.10.2023.