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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Klaas van Dijk" data-source="post: 3431220" data-attributes="member: 115771">Dear all,I would like to reiterate that we received on 16 June 2016 a formal response from Taylor & Francis on a request of 21 June 2015 to them to give us accces to the raw research data of Al-Sheikhly et al. (2013, 2015). See <a href="https://pubpeer.com/publications/CBDA623DED06FB48B659B631BA69E7#fb31538" target="_blank">https://pubpeer.com/publications/CBDA623DED06FB48B659B631BA69E7#fb31538</a> for an overview of the requested set of raw research data.Deborah Kahn, publishing director, STM journals, told us on that day: Our request of 21 June 2015 was a follow-up on an email of 15 June 2015 from the first author in which he told us that he refused to give us access to the raw research data. (Also Dr. Barbanera and the University of Pisa were unwilling to provide us this set of raw research data).I fail to understand why we needed to wait 361 days to get this response from publisher Taylor & Francis (There was never a response from EiC Dr. Kasparek). Several reminders had been sent to several people at TF about this issue. These reminders only yielded auto-replies (or no response at all). Deborah Kahn also stated in the email of 16 June 2016: It is therefore very unfortunate that we will not get a response on a query which individuals (employees of publisher Taylor & Francis, and/or Dr. Kasparek, the EiC of the journal ZME, and/or other members of the Editorial Board of ZME, and/or other experts / specialists / ornithologists which have been approached by the publisher and/or by Dr. Kasparek) have examined / seen (parts of) the raw research data of Al-Sheikhly et al. (2013, 2015). It seems however plausible that no one of these individuals has seen / examined (parts) of the raw research of Al-Sheikhly et al. (2013, 2015).The quote “no-one in this organisation will respond further to your emails” seems to imply that Deborah Kahn will also not respond on my e-mail of 15 July 2016. It is therefore very likely that we will need to wait at least another 361 days on a follow-up from the side of publisher Taylor & Francis. This is of course very unfavorable for the group of ornithologists who share the view of for example Guy Kirwan (comment #2, posted 8 May 2015, 10:43):  Guy Kirwan is editor of the BOC Bulletin (The Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club) and also one of the 14 authors of <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09397140.2015.1023424" target="_blank">http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09397140.2015.1023424</a>My email of 15 July 2016 to Deborah Kahn with an urgent request to sent us a formal retraction note was therefore also sent to some other employees of publisher Taylor & Francis. Three auto-replies indicate that this request was received in good order.1. “From: Barbara Costello; To: Klaas van Dijk; Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 12:40 PM; Subject: Automatic reply: Basra Reed Warbler papers in TandF journal ZME: an urgent request to sent us a formal retraction note. Thank you for your email. I have left for the day, back in the office Tuesday 19th July, I will respond to your email on my return. Please note my working hours are Monday-Thursday, 9am to 2pm.”2. “From: Ailsa Marks; To: Klaas van Dijk; Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 12:40 PM; Subject: Automatic reply: Basra Reed Warbler papers in TandF journal ZME: an urgent request to sent us a formal retraction note. Thank you for your email, I am out of the office attending conferences between 6th July to 22nd July, with intermittent access to emails. During the period 11th – 15th July I will be on annual leave with no access to emails. If you have an urgent query or need further assistance please contact Helen Brown on [redacted].”3. “From: Ashlynne Merrifield; To: Klaas van Dijk; Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 12:40 PM; Subject: Automatic reply: Basra Reed Warbler papers in TandF journal ZME: an urgent request to sent us a formal retraction note. Many thanks for your email. I am currently out of the office with no access to email. I will get back to you as soon as possible when I return to the office on Monday 18th July. Best wishes, Ashlynne.”The name Barbara Costello was derived from an auto-reply of Deborah Kahn: “From: Deborah Kahn; To: Klaas van Dijk; Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2016 10:41 AM; Subject: Automatic reply: (...). Thank you for your email. I am away on leave until 31st May and will not be checking email regularly. I will respond on my return. If your message is urgent, please contact Barbara Costello [redacted] who will direct it to someone who can respond.” The name Ailsa Marks was derived from an email from the EiC of the journal, Dr. Max Kasparek: “From: Max Kasparek; To: Klaas van Dijk; Cc: Ailsa Marks; Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 6:40 PM; Subject: AW: serious concerns on the credibility of data on Basra Reed Warblers in two recent ZME papers.” The name Ashlynne Merrifield was also derived from an email of Dr. Kasparek: “From: Max Kasparek; To: Richard Porter; Cc: Ashlynne Merrifield; Date: 19 February 2016 at 10:04:23 GMT; Subject: Basra Reed Warbler”.Readers of this thread who also hold the opinion that Al-Sheikhly et al. (2013, 2015) must be retracted (= eradicated from the body of scientific knowledge) can of course always contact EiC Dr. Max Kasparek (email = kasparek AT t-online.de ) and/or members of the staff of publisher Taylor & Francis (email  = firstname DOT lastname AT tandf.co.uk ).Klaas</blockquote>

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