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The purpose of this study is to examine characteristics of retracted publications from Indian authors and inspect a relationship between journal impact factor (JIF) and the number of authors (NoA).

The authors examined the general characteristics of retracted publications and investigated the correlation between JIF and NoA from Indian authors from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2022. Data were mined from retraction watch http://retractiondatabase.org/ (n = 1,459) and determined the year of publication, year of retraction, authors, journals, publishers and causes of the retractions. A journal citation report was extracted to gather the JIFs.

About one-third of retracted papers were published in 2020; 2022 has the highest retraction rate (723); studies with two authors represent about one-third (476) of the published articles; Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (354) has the highest number of retractions; Springer published the most retracted papers (674); and the majority of the journal (1,133) is indexed in journal citation reports, with impact factor extending from 0.504 to 43.474. Retraction due to legal reasons/legal threats was the most predominant reason for retraction.

This study reflects growth in author collaborations with a surge in the JIF. This study recommends that quick retraction is essential to reduce the adverse effects of faulty research.

Knowledge sharing is influenced by various factors in different cultures. It is imperative to understand those factors that influence knowledge sharing, therefore, this paper aims to examine the factors that influence cultural heritage knowledge (CHK) sharing.

Data was collected from 400 Tangkhul youth from Manipur state through a survey-based questionnaire. Data screening, factor analysis and reliability tests were carried out to confirm the validity and reliability of the instruments, t-test and ANOVA test were carried out to check the stated hypotheses.

From factor analysis, six factors i.e. rewards, intention to share, expect a relationship, enjoy helping, self-efficacy and reciprocity, were identified which are influencing knowledge sharing. The study indicates that “rewards” and “intention to share” are the two most vital factors influencing the individuals to share their CHK. The results show that “rewards” have a significant difference on gender and place of residence [(t = 3.153, p = 0.002) and (t = 2.500, p = 0.013)] also “enjoy helping” has a significant difference on the subject background (F = 3.185, p = 0.024) and “reciprocity” and “intention to share” has a significant difference on family income [(F = 3.270, p = 0.007) and (F = 2.716, p = 0.020)].

This study determines to identify the various factors that are influencing on sharing of CHK among the Tangkhul youth. It is found that reward was the prime factor in sharing CHK among the Tangkhul youth.