On January 29th, 2014, Jon Merz sent:
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|"have you ever raised these concerns with the institutions/universities        |
|where the authors work?  it is well established that journals do not have      |
|investigative authority over allegations of misconduct, and can only refer back|
|to institutional officials.  it would seem to me that complaints or concerns   |
|should be raised with deans, presidents, provosts or other senior academic     |
|officers at the employing institution, who should follow up.                   |
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|you might also contact the folks at http://www.retractionwatch.com/            |
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|good luck,"                                                                    |
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Dear Dr. Jon Merz:

SAGE Publications's good conduct over recent retractions by the
"Journal of Vibration and Control" demonstrates that a journal can
make a difference and that parties that could attempt to counter
malconduct should attempt to counter malconduct instead of professing
the lame excuse that it is the job of the institution.

HTTP://RetractionWatch.com/2014/07/08/sage-publications-busts-peer-review-and-citation-ring-60-papers-retracted/

HTTP://RetractionWatch.com/2014/07/11/crack-down-on-scientific-fraudsters-our-op-ed-in-todays-new-york-times/

HTTP://RetractionWatch.com/2014/07/14/taiwans-education-minister-resigns-in-wake-of-sage-peer-review-scandal/

HTTP://news.ScienceMag.org/people-events/2014/07/updated-lax-reviewing-practice-prompts-60-retractions-sage-journal

WWW.Nature.com/news/seven-days-11-17-july-2014-1.15554

WWW.NYTimes.com/2014/07/11/science/science-journal-pulls-60-papers-in-peer-review-fraud.html?_r=0

Yours sincerely,
Paul Colin de Gloucester