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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Klaas van Dijk" data-source="post: 3594282" data-attributes="member: 115771">Dr. Sophien Kamoun and Dr. Cyril Zipfel of the Sainsbury Laboratory in the UK propose in a recent letter in 'Nature' ( <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v531/n7593/full/531173e.html" target="_blank">http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v531/n7593/full/531173e.html</a> ) that a failure to repair errors must be regarded as scientific misconduct.Extensive information about the policy on scientific integrity at the Sainsbury Laboratory can be read at <a href="http://www.tsl.ac.uk/about-tsl/scientific-integrity/" target="_blank">http://www.tsl.ac.uk/about-tsl/scientific-integrity/</a> It is stated at this url: "Research misconduct does not include honest error, or honest differences in the interpretation or assessment of data. However, once an error is detected it is the researcher’s responsibility to address the issue and fix the record in a timely fashion. Failure to do so could be construed as research misconduct."Dr. Max Kasparek is founder and editor-in-chief of 'Zoology in the Middle East', the journal which has published both fraudulent papers on the Basra Reed Warbler (Al-Sheikhly et al. 2013, 2015). Dr. Kasparek is since 1 July 2016 in the possession 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> ). Dr. Kasparek has until now not rebutted / refuted the main findings of this Final Investigation that both articles contain fabricated and/or falsified data and thus must be retracted. Dr. Kasparek has until now not produced comments / views of experts with opposing views. Dr. Kasparek has until now not retracted both fraudulent articles from his journal.So how to judge this behaviour of the editor-in-chief of 'Zoology in the Middle East' when comparing it with the proposal in the recent letter in 'Nature'? I would be pleased to get some feed-back on this topic.</blockquote>

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