Case number:
04-29
Case text (Anonymised):
A complaint of redundant publication was made by a reader, who claimed that a second paper had been published in the journal, after the first had already been published elsewhere. No permission letter was obtained by the author of the second paper and the first paper had not been cited.
Advice:
- The editors should write to the authors and publish a retraction. - The editors should write to the authors’ institutions.
Follow up:
The editors decided not to write to the authors' institutions, but they have taken steps to write to the authors and publish a retraction.
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