In case of scientific misconduct, the papers can be retracted at the request of the journal’s editors and/or authors. However, the retracted articles continue to be fully available through online resources, including journals websites. This paper argues that a classical retraction is insufficient to mitigate the adverse effect some retracted papers continue to have on critical issues, e.g. public health. The more strict approach, ‘Hard Retraction’, is presented for consideration. Its implementation would lead to (1) complete deletion of the full text of the retracted paper, (2) substitution of the original abstract with a detailed retraction notice, (3) removal of the paper from the citation databases, (4) deposition of the retracted paper in the dedicated repository accessible for registered members. The benefits and risks of such an approach are discussed. Nevertheless, it should only be reserved for cases of fraud or grave errors with broad impacts.

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网络世界的撤回——我们要重新考虑政策吗？

如果出现科学不端行为，可应期刊编辑和/或作者的要求撤回论文。但是，撤回的文章仍然可以通过在线资源（包括期刊网站）完全获得。本文认为，经典的撤稿不足以减轻一些被撤稿的论文继续对公共健康等关键问题产生的不利影响。提出了更严格的方法“硬回缩”以供考虑。它的实施将导致（1）完全删除被撤回论文的全文，（2）用详细的撤回通知替换原始摘要，（3）从引文数据库中删除论文，（4）沉积注册会员可访问的专用存储库中的撤回论文。讨论了这种方法的好处和风险。然而，它应该只用于具有广泛影响的欺诈或严重错误的情况。