Crash in Publication Ethics in 2016 in a Glance: Avoid Paper Retraction

Document Type : EDITORIAL

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Orthopedic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

 
On November 1st 
2016, Springer Nature announced that Springer and BioMed Central are retracting 58 articles published by Iran-based authors across seven journals. The decision was made after thorough investigation following receiving allegations of plagiarism, peer review, and authorship manipulation in an effort to mislead the review system (1, 2). Not all papers were involved with all of the above issues, but each showed the evidence of at least one of these issues. At this time, we are not able to comment on the involvement of each individual author, but this has already added a black sheath to his or her records....

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  • Receive Date: 29 November 2016
  • Revise Date: 12 December 2016
  • Accept Date: 20 December 2016

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