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Figure 2
Retracted papers authored by Romanian scientists by years and WoS-indexing status_
| Year | non-WoS | WoS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2011 | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 2012 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2015 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2016 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Total | 115 | 73 | 188 |
Published and retracted WoS articles and review articles by country or region, publishers, and period_
| Period | All publishers | MDPI excluded | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2015 | 2016-2022 | 2000-2015 | 2016-2022 | ||
| Romania | Published | 93,619 | 90,319 | 93,253 | 75,981 |
| Retracted | 31 | 30 | 31 | 29 | |
| Retraction rate | 3.31 | 3.32 | 3.32 | 3.82 | |
| East Europe | Published | 841,960 | 717,319 | 839,694 | 635,955 |
| Retracted | 172 | 216 | 172 | 210 | |
| Retraction rate | 2.04 | 3.01 | 2.05 | 3.30 | |
| West Europe | Published | 5,315,488 | 3,851,361 | 5,299,627 | 3,566,590 |
| Retracted | 1,575 | 1,001 | 1,570 | 956 | |
| Retraction rate | 2.96 | 2.60 | 2.96 | 2.68 | |