README file for Database of Articles Retracted from Psychology Journals: 1998 - 2017

General Information:
1. Title of dataset.
Database of Articles Retracted from Psychology Journals: 1998 - 2017

2. Date of deposit.
11/02/2020

3. PI / Author (or equivalent)
Russell Craig, Adam Cox, Dennis Tourish, and Alistair Thorpe
4. Project 
Craig, R., Cox, A. Tourish, D. Thorpe, A. (2020). Using retracted journal articles in psychology to understand research misconduct in the social sciences: what is to be done?, Research Policy.

5. Funding information.
N/A

6. Data collection information:
i) Date/time period of collection
The data are current as at 31 December, 2018

ii) Geographic location of collection (if applicable)
N/A

Sharing & Access (only relevant if sharing data)
7. State licence(s) for use.
CC BY

8. Any restrictions. 
N/A

9. Request for Access contact (if applicable).
Adam Cox (Adam.Cox@portsmouth.ac.uk) 

10. Information on outputs/publications that cite or use the data.
Craig, R., Cox, A. Tourish, D. Thorpe, A. (2020). Using retracted journal articles to understand research misconduct in psychology, Research Policy.


Data Overview:
11. List data files.
Data Table.docx

12. Explain any relationships between files.
N/A

13. For each file:
i) Description of content
This article presents a dataset of 160 articles that were retracted from prominent scholarly journals in psychology and formed the empirical basis of a paper in Research Policy titled “Using Retracted Journal Articles to Understand Research Misconduct in Psychology.” The database was collected following a search for words with the stem root “retract*” in articles listed in the PsycINFO and SCImago databases of journals in psychology.

ii) If not embedded within the file(s) provide variable metadata, missing data data definitions etc.
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iii) Details of any specialised formats or abbreviations
Behav = Behaviour(al); Brit = British; Bull = Bulletin; C’tee = Committee; EIC = Editor in Chief; Env = Environmental; Eur = European; Exper = Experimental; Int = International; J = Journal of; NIH = National Health Institutes; Org = Organization(al); ORI = Office of Research Integrity; Percep = Perception; Pers = Personality; Psych = Psychology; Qtly = Quarterly; Soc = Social

Methodological Information:
14. Link to methodology description / or brief description of method.
Craig, R., Cox, A. Tourish, D. Thorpe, A. (2020). Using retracted journal articles to understand research misconduct in psychology, Research Policy.

15. Describe any quality assurance procedures.
N/A

16. Any specific information required to interpret/use use the data e.g. specific instrumentation/software information.
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