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This editorial outlines a robust and transparent editorial process for handling systematic reviews that inadvertently include studies retracted during the peer review or proofreading stages.
While a systematic review is meant to provide appraisal of the evidence regarding a healthcare intervention, the conclusions are predicated on the reliability of the included studies The existence of unreliable or problematic studies in the literature presents difficulties for researchers performing systematic reviews and jeopardizes the credibility of their results. Retracted studies Retraction is defined as the removal of a published paper from a journal to warn readers of the significant problems identified in the article as a means of maintaining the integrity of scientific literature Including retracted studies in a systematic review may impact the outcomes and level of evidence, and ultimately provide inaccurate medical guidelines Thus, handling retracted studies in systematic reviews is a critical issue.
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