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The questionnaire assessed demographic and professional characteristics, awareness of academic paper retractions, retraction-related perceptions and practices, and AI tool use.Results: A high proportion of respondents were aware of academic paper retractions (76.9%). Respondents reported that the most frequent reasons for retractions of published articles were data fabrication (90.6%) and improper use of AI tools (82.4%). Despite this awareness, 61.2% never or rarely checked whether articles cited in their manuscripts had been retracted before manuscript submission. Overall, 73.3% of respondents reported using AI tools. The main concerns about AI tool use were fabricated references (83.9%) and fabricated data (80.4%). Most participants (88.2%) believed that AI misuse is likely to increase retractions. 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