Mapping Academic Integrity: Annual Publication and Retraction by Topic

This dataset includes Web of Science-indexed publications and retracted papers. It presents annual counts of publications and retractions, along with their respective retraction rates, analyzed from a topic-based perspective. It comprises the following sheets: Figure 1 number of retracted papers and retraction noties of each year between 2000 and 2025 Figure 2 total publications, total retractions, and retraction rate for macro-topics between 2000 and 2024 Figure 3 number of publications, number of retractions, and retraction rate of each year for macro-topics Fighre 4 number of retractions and their corresponding coordinates for meso-topics Figure 5 share of publications, share of retractions, and relative retraction rate for meso-topics Figure 6 share of publications, share of retractions, and relative retraction rate for micro-topics Figure 7 annual number of publications and retracted papers for all topics, along with annual number of publications, number of retracted papers, share of publications, share of retractions, and relative retraction rate for meso-topics Figure 8 annual number of publications, number of retracted papers, share of publications, share of retractions, and relative retraction rate for micro-topics Figure 9 A and B the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and relative retraction rate for meso-topics and micro-topics