Scientists involved in scientific misconduct may face social stigmatization, leading to isolation and limited opportunities for collaboration. The reputation of every individual is reflected on the team, as the fraud attempted by any member will be reflected on the team. Earlier studies pointed out the impact of citation penalty on the prior work of coauthors, the effect of retraction on a co-author's research career, and stigmatization through mere association. This paper explores the formation and dynamics of the networks of authors who faced retractions and their "innocent coauthors" who never faced retractions in their careers. Leveraging a dataset of 5972 retracted papers involving 24209 authors, we investigate whether scientific misconduct reduces collaborative ties of misconducting authors as opposed to those who never faced allegations of academic misconduct. We observe that the network structure of authors involved in retractions does not change significantly over the years compared to that of the "innocent coauthors". Our results suggest that stigmatization rarely affects the collaboration network of stigmatized authors. Our findings have implications for institutions adopting stringent measures and fostering ethical practices research.

翻译：涉及学术不端的科学家可能面临社会污名化，导致孤立与合作机会受限。每个人的声誉都会映射到其团队，因为任何成员的欺诈行为都会牵涉整个团队。以往研究指出撤稿对合著者前期工作的引用惩罚、对合著者科研生涯的影响，以及仅因关联而遭受的污名化。本文探究曾遭撤稿的作者及其职业生涯中从未遭遇撤稿的"清白合著者"的网络形成与动态变化。利用包含5972篇撤稿论文（涉及24209位作者）的数据集，我们考察学术不端是否减少了涉事作者的合作关系——相较于从未被指控学术不端的人员。观察发现，涉案作者的网络结构在多年间较之"清白合著者"并无显著变化。结果表明污名化极少影响被污名化作者的合作网络。本研究结论对于采取严厉措施并倡导科研伦理实践的机构具有启示意义。