Affiliation: Division of Radiation Oncology and Medical Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne Australia.

Poster title: Don’t believe everything you read - Ethical issues in scientific publishing and the radiation oncology literature.

Abstract: Academic publishing is a necessary part of the communication of scientific research. Retraction of unreliable and unethical publications is also an important part of this process. While it is estimated that only 0.02% of the published literature has been retracted to date, this number is on the rise, even when taking into account the growing number of papers published. This research will present the results of a survey of both retracted articles in the field of radiation oncology and medical physics, as well as the studies citing these articles following their retraction.