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The reader raised concerns about the study and interpretation of the results. The editors of the journal examined the peer review comments of the manuscript and found that the aspects in question were missed out. The journal sought expert advice from an independent reviewer who com… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2780">Post-publication discussions and corrections</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/removing-retracted-article-third-party-site">Removing a retracted article from a third party site</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2022</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> Journal A published a case report. Following publication, the publisher of journal A was contacted by a representative of the individual depicted in the article stating that, contrary to what the authors stated in the article, consent was not given for the publication. The article was retracted and removed to protect the identity of the individual and all indexing sites were updated. The origin… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2780">Post-publication discussions and corrections</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/suspicious-responses-authorship-change-requests">Suspicious responses to authorship change requests</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A journal received a request for multiple changes to the authorship list after the manuscript was accepted. Originally, there were five co-authors. After acceptance, the journal received the following requests from author A, the corresponding author and co-first author: remove one of the co-authors (author D), add a new co-author (author E), reorder the list of authors, and change the designate… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2772">Authorship and contributorship</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/change-corresponding-author-after-manuscript-published-online">Change of corresponding author after manuscript published online</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> On submission of a manuscript to a journal, one of the authors was indicated as the corresponding author. During the submission, review, and revision process, and also through copyediting and proofreading, the corresponding author responded to all emails, signed the publishing agreements, and was generally available. At this time, the authors of the manuscript did not mention a possible change… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2772">Authorship and contributorship</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/authorship-dispute-involving-commercial-institution">Authorship dispute involving a commercial institution</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A paper was published in a journal. After publication, an associate editor of the journal said that they and other colleagues should have been authors on the paper. They cited a patent they helped write that overlapped with the article as proof that they should be authors on the paper. The authors of the paper refuse to add the associate editor and colleagues as authors. Unfortuna… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2772">Authorship and contributorship</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/request-remove-author-post-publication">Request to remove an author post-publication</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A paper was submitted to a journal by authors A and B. The paper was accepted and then published in the journal. Several months after final publication, author A contacted the journal asking for their name and their biography to be removed from the article. Author A stated that they wished to distance themselves from the research. Author B also contacted the journal separately to… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2772">Authorship and contributorship</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/deceased-author-and-author-delaying-publication">Deceased author and author delaying publication</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> The journal accepted a manuscript for publication with two authors. One of the authors died before signing the copyright. This manuscript is now ready for galley proof approval from the surviving author. Proofs were sent to the surviving author and the author who died as normal because the production editor assigned to this manuscript did not know that one of the authors had died. After… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2772">Authorship and contributorship</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/authorship-commentary">Authorship of a commentary</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> An associate editor invited a commentary to be written by one of the peer reviewers. When the commentary was submitted, the associate editor was a co-author. There could be the appearance of a conflict in the decision to accept the article on which the commentary was based if the associate editor is an author on the commentary. Question for the Forum </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2772">Authorship and contributorship</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2774">Conflicts of interest / Competing interests</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2779">Peer review processes</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/institutions-paying-authors-be-named-papers">Institutions paying authors to be named on papers</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> Some academic institutions are paying authors for the name of the institution to be included in the manuscript so that the institution has an increased number of publications in a given year. The institution gives the author payment and the author terms it as ‘funding’ or ‘grant’, which is not the case. The author publishes the research article in a journal with two affiliations and explains in… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2778">Journal management</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/duplicate-submission-and-request-withdrawal">Duplicate submission and request for withdrawal</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A paper was submitted to journal A and received a ‘revision’ decision. At some point following this decision, the authors emailed the journal to request withdrawal, citing inconsistencies in their data and subsequent conclusions. A search of the literature showed that the same paper (with the same authors) was published in journal B the day before the withdrawal request. Clearly, the authors wa… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2772">Authorship and contributorship</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> Case Closed </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/manuscript-submitted-based-retracted-paper">Manuscript submitted based on retracted paper</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A paper was published in a journal. After publication, the author contacted the journal to ask for withdrawal of the paper because of some mistakes. After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, the paper was found to be incomplete due to the dependent variable used in the analysis and the literature review used. The paper was re… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2780">Post-publication discussions and corrections</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> Case Closed </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/can-two-dois-be-assigned-same-manuscript">Can two DOIs be assigned to the same manuscript?</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A preprint server owned by a commercial publishing company posted a paper and assigned a DOI to the preprint. The manuscript was then submitted to peer reviewed journal X, owned by a different publisher. Assuming acceptance at the journal, can the article be published under a different DOI belonging to journal X? At journal X, Crossref registration is automatic. However, can two differen… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2780">Post-publication discussions and corrections</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/unresponsive-authors-delaying-publication">Unresponsive authors delaying publication</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> The journal received a submission which proceeded through peer review and was recommended for publication. The authors responded to the revision letter, providing a detailed itemised list of changes and revised their manuscript accordingly. The revised manuscript was subsequently accepted for publication. The normal process for articles in this journal is that when papers are accepted a… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2772">Authorship and contributorship</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/ethics-approval-and-consent">Ethics approval and consent</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A complainant raised six articles to the attention of the editor-in-chief, with concerns about ethical approval and possible conflicts of interest regarding the way that approval was granted. The studies all involved minority populations. Ethics approval had been granted by the institutions for all of the manuscripts involved, along with written informed consent and corresponding ethics… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2776">Ethical oversight</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/author-alleges-discrimination-institutional-report">Author alleges discrimination by institutional report</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> In 2020, the corresponding author of an article published online three years previously notified the journal of an authorship conflict and explained that the institution was requesting retraction. Because authorship conflict does not typically warrant retraction, the publisher requested further details from the author and the author's institution about the conflict. The author provided two diff… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2780">Post-publication discussions and corrections</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/author-anonymity-final-proofreading-stages">Author anonymity at the final proofreading stages</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A newly relaunched open access, peer reviewed journal operates a double blind peer-review system. At all stages of the review, until the decision to accept has been taken, neither the author nor the reviewer can identify the other. The journal always uses at least two reviewers, who are also unaware of the identity of each other. After the author has been told that the article is accepte… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2779">Peer review processes</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/preprint-plagiarism">Preprint plagiarism</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2021</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> Author group A deposited a preprint onto a preprint server and simultaneously submitted the manuscript to journal A. Peer review in journal A took some considerable time, but the paper (paper A) was eventually published. During the long peer review of paper A, author group A noticed that another set of authors, author group B, had published paper B in journal B. While paper B was submitted seve… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2771">Allegations of misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2777">Intellectual property</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> Case Closed </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/paper-published-without-permission-or-acknowledgement-institution">Paper published without permission or acknowledgement from institution </a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2020</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> An author affiliated with a research institution R published two papers as a single author, one of them in a journal of publisher A. After publication, publisher A was contacted by the research integrity officer of institution R with a letter of concern. The letter stated that the research institution has conducted a formal investigation and concluded that the author failed to acknowled… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2772">Authorship and contributorship</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2780">Post-publication discussions and corrections</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> Case Closed </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/case/reviewers-identity-revealed">Reviewer's identity revealed </a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2020</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> The journal operates a double blind peer review system. Because the journal is small, it does not use a platform for reviews, so reviewers are sent a Word document containing the manuscript and an evaluation form to complete, in which they can leave their comments. However, some reviewers choose to comment directly on the Word document. Most of these comments are anonymised by appearing as user… </div> <div class="search-result__classifications"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance?classification=2779">Peer review processes</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li></ul><h2 class="element-invisible">Pages</h2><div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-current first">1</li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 2" href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Case?page=1">2</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 3" href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Case?page=2">3</a></li> <li class="pager-ellipsis">…</li> <li class="pager-next"><a href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Case?page=1"></a></li> <li class="pager-last last"><a title="Go to page 32" href="/web/20220403022319/https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Case?page=31">32</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </section> </main> 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