A new database of over 14,000 withdrawn arXiv preprints aims to identify common reasons for removal and help develop tools to prevent future errors.
Researchers have launched a database of more than 14,000 studies that have been withdrawn from the preprint server arXiv since its launch in 1991. The dataset, called WithdrarXiv, aims to shed light on why those preprints were pulled from arXiv and spur the creation of automated tools that flag potential errors to researchers hoping to submit manuscripts. Most preprints have not been through formal peer-review or quality-assurance processes.
Rao and colleagues categorized withdrawn preprints using comments provided by authors about the reasons for removing the study, which ranged from crucial errors to violations of policy. They found that the presence of factual, methodological or other important errors were the most commonly cited reason for withdrawal, with more than 6,000 preprints pulled from the platform because of this. More than 3,100 preprints were withdrawn because they were incomplete or there was more work in the pipeline, and more than 2,800 preprints were pulled because they had been subsumed by another publication. This is in contrast to many retractions issued by scholarly journals, the study says. These often take place after a peer-reviewed paper has been published, for reasons related to academic misconduct — such as plagiarism or data falsification — as well as honest errors
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