Executive Director National Information Standards Organization
Retracted research is published work that is withdrawn or removed from the scientific and scholarly record. Retracted research integrated into the publication network via citations enables the inadvertent propagation of potentially unsupported or fabricated data, fundamental errors, and unreproducible results. This year NISO published a Recommended Practice, Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC) to improve communication in the supply chain around retractions and contribute to the maintenance of trust in the research and publication process.
The Recommended Practice describes the involved parties, along with their responsibilities, actions, notifications, and the metadata necessary to communicate retracted research across stakeholders' systems. It addresses the dissemination of retraction information (metadata & display) to support a consistent, timely transmission of that information to the reader (machine or human), directly or through citing publications, addressing requirements both of the retracted publication and of the retraction notice or expression of concern. For more info: https://www.niso.org/events/niso-ala-annual-2024
