University of Tabriz Journal of Modern Psychological Researches 2322-3340 19 76 2025 01 01 Investigating the Scientometric Characteristics and Publication Trends of Retracted Psychology Documents in the Web of Science Investigating the Scientometric Characteristics and Publication Trends of Retracted Psychology Documents in the Web of Science 108 126 18937 10.22034/jmpr.2024.63149.6359 FA Solmaz Zardary Faculty member of Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. Fahimeh Khanzadeh M.A. student of Scientometrics, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. Journal Article 2024 08 30 Retraction is a necessary method for correcting scientific texts and informing audiences about significant errors in scientific publications. The aim of the current study is to examine the scientometric characteristics of retracted psychology publications indexed in the Web of Science citation database and to identify their publication trends. Therefore, using a quantitative approach and survey method, 382 retracted documents in the field of psychology were studied through an advanced search in the Web of Science database, without considering a specific time period, employing a census method.Characteristics such as publication and citation trends of retracted documents in the field of psychology were identified based on the year, different writing languages, and common document types, funding agencies, and the most productive publishers and journals. Additionally, the significance of the relationship between the number of retracted documents and the scientometric indices of each journal was measured using the Spearman test. According to the obtained results , it is clear that in 2020, the highest number of retracted documents was 31. Furthermore, based on the resulted model fit to the data, this number is expected to double by 2055. Moreover, a high percentage of documents funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for The Central Universities have been retracted. Top publishers, such as Elsevier, Sage, and Wiley, along with the journal Frontiers in Psychology, have the highest number of retracted documents in the field of psychology. Additionally, the results indicate that the number of retracted documents in a journal has a significant relationship with the total number of published documents, the number of citations, and the normalized Eigenfactor. Most of these documents are published as research articles in English and are available in open access. Therefore, based on the findings of this research, it is necessary for science policymakers to continue investigating other aspects of retracted documents in the field of psychology while preventing the publication of false or misleading data in the field of psychology to avoid similar cases in the future. Retraction is a necessary method for correcting scientific texts and informing audiences about significant errors in scientific publications. The aim of the current study is to examine the scientometric characteristics of retracted psychology publications indexed in the Web of Science citation database and to identify their publication trends. Therefore, using a quantitative approach and survey method, 382 retracted documents in the field of psychology were studied through an advanced search in the Web of Science database, without considering a specific time period, employing a census method.Characteristics such as publication and citation trends of retracted documents in the field of psychology were identified based on the year, different writing languages, and common document types, funding agencies, and the most productive publishers and journals. Additionally, the significance of the relationship between the number of retracted documents and the scientometric indices of each journal was measured using the Spearman test. According to the obtained results , it is clear that in 2020, the highest number of retracted documents was 31. Furthermore, based on the resulted model fit to the data, this number is expected to double by 2055. Moreover, a high percentage of documents funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for The Central Universities have been retracted. Top publishers, such as Elsevier, Sage, and Wiley, along with the journal Frontiers in Psychology, have the highest number of retracted documents in the field of psychology. Additionally, the results indicate that the number of retracted documents in a journal has a significant relationship with the total number of published documents, the number of citations, and the normalized Eigenfactor. Most of these documents are published as research articles in English and are available in open access. Therefore, based on the findings of this research, it is necessary for science policymakers to continue investigating other aspects of retracted documents in the field of psychology while preventing the publication of false or misleading data in the field of psychology to avoid similar cases in the future. https://psychologyj.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_18937_f86dc85d7fe3c62ef6e95b0fbd9ce9c8.pdf