Ethical publishing in intensive care medicine: A narrative review

Table 1 Retracted publications arising from 28 critical care journals

Journal	Retractions (n)	Retracted Fujii papers (n)	Retracted Boldt papers (n)
American Journal of Critical Care	-	-	-
American Journal of Respiratoryand Critical Care Medicine	7	-	-
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care	6	6	-
Anästhesiologie IntensivmedizinNotfallmedizin Schmerztherapie	6	-	6
Annals of Intensive Care	-	-	-
Burns	-	-	-
Chest	5	-	-
Critical Care	-	-	-
Critical Care and Resuscitation	-	-	-
Critical Care Clinics	-	-	-
Critical Care Medicine	5	-	2
Critical Care Nurse	-	-	-
Current Opinion in Critical Care	1	-	-
Injury	2	-	-
Intensive Care Medicine	7	-	6
Journal of Critical Care	-	-	-
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine	-	-	-
Journal of Neurotrauma	1	-	-
Journal of Trauma and Acute CareSurgery	-	-	-
Journal of Trauma Nursing	-	-	-
Medicina Intensiva	-	-	-
Minerva Anestesiologica	2	1	1
Neurocritical Care	-	-	-
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine	-	-	-
Respiratory Care	1	-	-
Resuscitation	3	-	-
Seminars in Respiratory andCritical Care Medicine	-	-	-
Shock	2	-	-
Total	48	7	15

Results of a PubMed search (available from: URL: http//http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed) on 05/04/2015. Search term “retraction of publication[publication type” and “american journal of critical care”(journal) or “american journal of respiratory and critical care medicine” (journal) or “anaesthesia and intensive care” (journal) or “anasthesiologie intensivmedizin notfallmedizin schmerztherapie” (journal) or “annals of intensive care” (journal) or “burns” (journal) or “chest” (journal) or “critical care” (journal) or “critical care and resuscitation” (journal) or “critical care clinics” (journal) or “critical care medicine” (journal) or “critical care nurse” (journal) or “current opinion in critical care” (journal) or “injury” (journal) or “intensive care medicine” (journal) or “journal of critical care (journal) or “journal of intensive care medicine” (journal) or “journal of neurotrauma” (journal) or “journal of trauma and acute care surgery” (journal) or “medicina intensiva” (journal) or “minerva anestesiologica” (journal) or “neurocritical care” (journal) or “pediatric critical care medicine” (journal) or “respiratory care” (journal) or “resuscitation” (journal) or “seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine” (journal) or “shock” (journal).

Table 2 Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity cases: Guidance from the committee on publication ethics

Who should	Do what
Institutions	Have a representative or an office for research integrity with highly visible contact details
	Inform magazines about cases of misconduct, in which the reliability of published data is doubtful
	Respond to journals when requested for information on issues such as disputed authorship, questionable data quality, existing conflict of interest or other issues that could affect the reliability of the published works, including honest errors
	Initiate investigations into allegations of scientific misconduct or unacceptable publication
	Have guidelines to support responsible research and provisions for implementation of investigative procedures in cases of suspected scientific misconduct
Journals	Give the contact details of the publisher responsible for questions of research and publication integrity
	Inform institutions if they suspect that wrongdoing by their researchers and submit evidence which support these concerns
	Cooperate with the institutions in question and in investigations suspected misconduct
	Be ready to announce retraction or correction of publications according to the guidelines on COPE if investigations confirm misconduct
	Have guidelines for responding to institutions and other organizations that investigate suspected cases of scientific misconduct

COPE: Committee on publication ethics (available from: URL: http//publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines).