RetraLytix: An Integrated Analytics Dashboard for Mapping Global Trends in Scientific Retractions

Abstract: Retraction is a correction to scientific literature when there is a major flaw, fraud or misuse of ethical practices in the published work. With the increasing growth of research output, number of retracted studies has also increased, which raises concerns about the issue of research ethics and transparency. Moreover, retraction data coming from several platforms or databases limits its scope in tracking the time-to-time retraction trends. To address this, we propose a web-based integrated platform, called RetraLytix, for easy analysis of distributed retraction data. It automatically integrates retraction data from major databases like Crossref, Retraction Watch and Open Alex and visualizes data in a user interactive centralized platform. It offers a real-time dashboard, comparative analysis, and benchmarking of entities such as countries, institutions, authors, journals and main research areas. RetraLytix helps users to detect trends, retraction patterns, and assess research environment to make data-driven decisions. The system has a potential to become a research integrity tracking and governance tool for researchers, administrators and policymakers.