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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Klaas van Dijk" data-source="post: 3591646" data-attributes="member: 115771">The fraudulent articles on the breeding biology of the Basra Reed Warbler (Al-Sheikhly et al. 2013, 2015) are still not yet retracted. No one has until now refuted / rebutted any of the findings of the "Final investigation on serious allegations of fabricated and/or falsified data in Al-Sheikhly et al. (2013, 2015) - 1 July 2016".The biologist Dr. Filippo Barbanera of the University of Pisa is author of both fraudulent articles with fabricated and/or falsified data. There are serious grounds to argue that his refusal to retract Al-Sheikhy et al. (2013, 2015) implies that Dr. Barbanera is at the moment violating the ethical guidelines of the University of Pisa at <a href="https://www.unipi.it/index.php/statuto-regolamenti/item/1973-codice-etico-della-comunit%C3%A0-accademica" target="_blank">https://www.unipi.it/index.php/statuto-regolamenti/item/1973-codice-etico-della-comunità-accademica</a> (only in Italian).This comment is to inform the readers of this topic that a formal complaint was filed on 2 July 2017 to the rector of the University of Pisa for serious allegations of research misconduct / serious allegations of severe violations of the ethical guidelines of the University of Pisa by Dr. Filippo Barbanera. This formal complaint was send in cc to Dr. Barbanera and to the members of the  'Commissione etica' of the University of Pisa, see  <a href="https://www.unipi.it/index.php/organi-dell-ateneo/itemlist/category/443-commissione-etica" target="_blank">https://www.unipi.it/index.php/organi-dell-ateneo/itemlist/category/443-commissione-etica</a> Dr. Barbanera and others have until now not indicated that there are errors and/or mistakes in the texts of this formal complaint. Dr. Barbanera and others at the University of Pisa have until now not rebutted / refuted any of the findings of the "Final investigation on serious allegations of fabricated and/or falsified data in Al-Sheikhly et al. (2013, 2015) - 1 July 2016", see <a href="https://www.academia.edu/33827046" target="_blank">https://www.academia.edu/33827046</a></blockquote>

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