[Purpose/significance] In recent years, "retracted articles" have become an important way of exposing academic misconduct, but the issue of retractions was not stressed in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). Therefore, it is necessary to conduct research from the perspective of research integrity. [Method / process] The retraction situation of SSH in the world was statistically analyzed by using the retraction watch database. [Result / conclusion] Since 2009, the number of retractions of SSH has increased rapidly, and academic misconduct is the main reason for the retractions; more retractions of high-quality journals and publishers reflect their stronger ability to find and deal with questionable articles; interdisciplinary fields are the high incidence area of retractions; batch retraction is usually related to academic misconduct, and the academic misconducts of some authors are continuous; it is difficult to retract articles. It is suggested that we should pay attention to retractions in SSH, keep an eye on the key issues and fields, promote the standardization, openness and sharing of the retraction information, and protect the enthusiasm of journal editors on retractions.