Table 1.
Journals with most retracted articles
| Journal | No. of articles | IF |
| Total | ||
| Science | 70 | 32.45 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 69 | 10.47 |
| The Journal of Biological Chemistry | 54 | 5.12 |
| Nature | 44 | 36.24 |
| Anesthesia & Analgesia | 40 | 3.07 |
| The Journal of Immunology | 34 | 5.86 |
| Blood | 28 | 9.79 |
| The Journal of Clinical Investigation | 23 | 15.43 |
| Cell | 22 | 34.77 |
| Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 18 | 2.52 |
| The New England Journal of Medicine | 16 | 50.08 |
| The EMBO Journal | 15 | 8.83 |
| Journal of Hazardous Materials | 15 | 4.55 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biology | 15 | 5.77 |
| Infection and Immunity | 14 | 4.06 |
| Fraud/suspected fraud | ||
| The Journal of Biological Chemistry | 37 | 5.12 |
| Anesthesia & Analgesia | 33 | 3.07 |
| Science | 32 | 32.45 |
| The Journal of Immunology | 30 | 5.86 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 27 | 10.47 |
| Blood | 21 | 9.79 |
| Nature | 19 | 36.24 |
| The Journal of Clinical Investigation | 17 | 15.43 |
| Cancer Research | 16 | 8.16 |
| Cell | 13 | 34.77 |
| Journal of Hazardous Materials | 13 | 4.55 |
| British Journal of Anaesthesia | 11 | 3.85 |
| The EMBO Journal | 11 | 8.83 |
| The New England Journal of Medicine | 11 | 50.08 |
| International Journal of Cancer | 10 | 4.92 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biology | 10 | 5.77 |
| Error | ||
| Science | 37 | 32.45 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 36 | 10.47 |
| Nature | 25 | 36.24 |
| Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 7 | 2.52 |
| Cell | 7 | 34.77 |
| The Journal of Biological Chemistry | 7 | 5.12 |
| Journal of Virology | 7 | 5.32 |
| The Lancet | 6 | 33.80 |
| Anesthesiology | 5 | 5.19 |
| Infection and Immunity | 5 | 4.06 |
| 11 journals* | 4* | – |
| Plagiarism/duplicate publication | ||
| Molecules and Cells | 8 | 1.99 |
| Phytotherapy Research | 7 | 2.47 |
| Biotechnology Advances | 5 | 10.96 |
| Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | 5 | 1.50 |
| Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | 5 | 3.00 |
| Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing | 4 | None |
| Archives of Iranian Medicine | 4 | 0.97 |
| Resuscitation | 4 | 3.02 |
| Clinical Rheumatology | 4 | 1.72 |
| The New England Journal of Medicine | 4 | 50.08 |
| International Journal of Cardiology | 4 | 4.11 |
| Anesthesia & Analgesia | 4 | 3.07 |
| Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 4 | 2.52 |
| 16 journals† | 3† | – |
IF, impact factor.
*Biochemistry, Blood, Contraception, The EMBO Journal, Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, The Journal of Immunology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurology, and Plant Physiology.
†Blood, Cardiovascular Research, Croatian Medical Journal, Current Eye Research, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, Journal of Cellular Physiology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, Journal of Medical Primatology, Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, Langmuir, Neurosurgery, Transplant Proceedings, Viral Immunology, and Yonsei Medical Journal.