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Reevaluating Retraction: Embracing Fairness and Ethical Alternatives
Academic retraction has increasingly become a form of public humiliation rather than a corrective tool, harming researchers' careers and discouraging intellectual risk-taking. The current system violates human rights, impacting reputations, career opportunities, and mental health, and discouraging open discourse and innovation. Scholars, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds, face unfair disadvantages in this punitive culture. Instead of retraction, journals should adopt corrective alternatives like revisions, corrections, and confidential withdrawals, promoting a fairer, more inclusive academic environment. This shift would support researchers, encourage intellectual resilience, and foster scientific progress. It's time to replace retraction with fairness and compassion.
Academic retraction has increasingly become a form of public humiliation rather than a corrective tool, harming researchers' careers and discouraging intellectual risk-taking. The current system violates human rights, impacting reputations, career opportunities, and mental health, and discouraging open discourse and innovation. Scholars, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds, face unfair disadvantages in this punitive culture. Instead of retraction, journals should adopt corrective alternatives like revisions, corrections, and confidential withdrawals, promoting a fairer, more inclusive academic environment. This shift would support researchers, encourage intellectual resilience, and foster scientific progress. It's time to replace retraction with fairness and compassion.
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