Retraction: Evaluation of carcinogenic effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF)

The Editor-in-chief of the Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences has decided to retract the article from Bayazit V et al. [1] entitled as: “Evaluation of carcinogenic effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF)” published in Bosn J Basic Med Sci. 2010 Aug;10(3):245-50.
After the editorial office was alerted of possible plagiarism in the article, it conducted thorough investigation and concluded that the article apparently represents plagiarized material from two World Health Organization reports, one European Commission report and other sources. Since this is considered scientific plagiarism and scientific misconduct, Editor-in-chief has decided to withdraw the article. The authors have agreed with the editorial office decision.

RETRACTION WATCH

Retraction

doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01166.x J.

Obstet. Gynaecol. Res. Vol. 36, No. 1: 218, February 2010

The following article from The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, ‘Effects of metformin on insulin resistance, androgen concentration, ovulation and pregnancy rates in women with polycystic ovary syndrome following laparoscopic ovarian drilling’ by Idris Kocak and Cazip Üstün, published in Volume 32, Issue 3, June 2006, pages 292–298, and online on 5 June 2006 in Wiley InterScience (http://www.interscience.wiley.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Takashi Okai, and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to plagiarism between this article and the following articles published in the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology; ‘The effects of metformin on insulin resistance, clomipheneinduced ovulation and pregnancy rates in women with polycystic ovary syndrome’ by Yılmaz Sahina, Unal Yirmibes, Fahrettin Kelestimurb and Ercan Aygena. Volume 113, Issue 2, 2004, pages 214–220, and in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, ‘Review of nonsurgical and surgical treatment and the role of insulinsensitizing agents in the management of infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome’ by Ahmed M. Saleh and Hala S. Khalil, Volume 83, Issue 7, 2004, pages 614–621.

Retraction of Redundant Publication

Editor’s Comment: 

On Redundant and Duplicate Articles 
The availability of large electronic data bases and our ease in querying them makes recognition of redundant and duplicate publications easier. Both are considered to be a type of self-plagiarism. Once an editor recognizes a publication as redundant or duplicate, he or she may choose to inform PubMed with or without warning the author(s).>>>

Notice of Redundant Publication

Korean J Radiol. 2007 May-Jun;8(3):262-262.

doi: 10.3348/kjr.2007.8.3.262.

The article "Does the Oropharyngeal Fat Tissue Influence the Oropharyngeal Airway in Snorers? Dynamic CT Study" by Tolga Aksoz, Huseyin Akan, Mehmet Celebi, Banu Baglan Sakan, published in Korean Journal of Radiology (2004;5:102-106) is for the most part identical to an article by Huseyin Akan, entitled "Dynamic Upper Airway Soft-Tissue and Caliber Changes in Healthy Subjects and Snoring Patients" published in American Journal of Neuroradiology (2004;25:1846-1850). All members of the ethical committee on publication of the Korean Radiological Society agreed that the two papers belong to the category of redundant publication.

Retraction for Akan et al., AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25 (10) 1846-1850.

Erratum / Notice of Retraction

American Journal of Neuroradiology 28:1624, September 2007
DOI 10.3174/ajnr.A0816

The American Journal of Neuroradiology has decided to formally retract the article: "Dynamic Upper Airway Soft-Tissue and Caliber Changes in Healthy Subjects and Snoring Patients" by Hüseyin Akan, Tolga Aksöz, Ümit Belet, and Teoman Şeçsen (AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2004;25:1846–50). 

Tokyo University researcher stripped of doctorate for plagiarism

An assistant professor at the University of Tokyo has been stripped of his Ph. D. after he was found to have plagiarized his doctoral thesis, the university has announced.

Anilir Serkan, 36, an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Engineering, was found to have copied about 40 percent of his 376-page doctoral thesis from other sources. It is the first time for the university to take back a doctor's degree due to the plagiarism. He has reportedly admitted to allegations.

Serkan, a native of Turkey, received his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo in 2003, and worked as a researcher at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) before he became an assistant professor at the university's architecture department in 2005. He also engaged in various lecture meetings, while running his own blog and writing articles as the "first Turkish astronaut candidate to undergo training at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)." However, after questions were raised among the public about his background and thesis, the university set up an investigation committee last autumn.

"It's extremely regrettable. We will do our utmost to prevent the same trouble from ever happening again, said Vice President Shinichi Sato.

Publisher ChuoKoron-Shinsha Inc. announced that it has halted the publication of his book "Poketto no Naka no Uchu" (Space in Your Pocket).

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(Mainichi Japan) March 6, 2010

A Note from the Editor-in-Chief

THYROID
Volume 17, Number 2, 2007

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0044

Manuscript Retraction
It has come to our attention that a paper which was published in the December 2006 issue of Thyroid (‘‘High Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction and Autoimmune Thyroiditis in Adolescents After Elimination of Iodine Deficiency in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey’’ by Bastemir M, Emral R, Erdogan G, and Gullu S; Thyroid 2006; 16:1265–1272) had been previously published in The Turkish Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism in January 2006 (1:13–20). For this reason, we have withdrawn this paper from Thyroid and all of its citations from our database. The Journal—to a very large degree—trusts its authors to act in an ethical manner and this unfortunate episode is regrettable.

RETRACTION NOTE

Aesth Plast Surg (2009) 33:674 DOI 10.1007/s00266-009-9390-4

A Different Approach to the Reconstruction of the Stubborn Crooked Nose with a Different Spreader Graft: Nasal Bone Grafts Harvested from the Removed Nasal Hump
I. M. Emsen
Published online: 2 July 2009

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC and International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2009

Retraction to: Aesth Plast Surg (2008) 32:266–273  DOI 10.1007/s00266-007-9108-4

This article was retracted by the Editor-in-Chief as portions of it were originally published by A. Gurlek et al., Correction of the Crooked Nose Using Custom-Made High-Density Porous Polythylene Extended Spreader Grafts. Aesth Plast Surg 30:141–149.
The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1007/s00266-007-9108-4.

RETRACTION NOTE

Aesth Plast Surg (2009) 33:677 DOI 10.1007/s00266-009-9393-1

The Use of Metatarsal Bone Grafts in the Treatment of Saddle Nose Deformities
Ilteris M. Emsen
Published online: 7 July 2009

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC and International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2009
Retraction to: Aesth Plast Surg (2006) 30:705–707 DOI 10.1007/s00266-006-0062-3
This article was retracted by the Editor-in-Chief as portions of it were originally published by B. Neu, Segmental Bone and Cartilage Reconstruction of Major Nasal Dorsal Defects.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Volume 106, Number 1, July 2000, pp. 160–170.

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
Numune State Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey