This study investigated the retractions of academic research in the Middle East in the past two decades from a bibliometric perspective. A total of 563 retractions in the Middle East were identified in the examined span of time. Results showed that both the numbers of publications and retractions in the Middle East increased significantly in the past two decades. It was also found that 79.21% of the retractions were due to misconducts, of which plagiarism accounted for the largest proportion. In addition, the number of retractions by authors from a certain country accounted for almost half of all retractions. Last, most retractions were in medicine-related disciplines. Based on the results, we proposed suggestions to address the issue. Particularly, we suggest the use of technology in article submission systems as well as enhanced education on academic integrity to help address the issue of academic misconduct.

这项研究从文献计量学的角度研究了过去二十年来中东学术研究的退步。在检查的时间跨度中，总共发现了563个中东撤军。结果表明，在过去的二十年中，中东地区的出版物数量和撤回数量均显着增加。还发现79.21％的撤回归因于不当行为，其中窃占最大比例。此外，来自某个国家的作者撤稿数量几乎占所有撤稿的一半。最后，大多数撤退涉及医学相关学科。根据结果​​，我们提出了解决该问题的建议。特别，