We read the publication Misconduct as the main cause forretraction. A descriptive study of retracted publications and theirauthors with a great interest.1 The authors noted that ?Specificstrategies to limitthis phenomenon must be implemented.It wouldbe useful to standardize reasons and procedures for retraction.The development of a standard retraction form to be permanentlyindexed in a database might be relevant?, and also noted for theobservation of high number of retractions from Iran, China andEgypt. In fact, the misconduct is common problem and is observable in any countries. The mentioned three countries might havegood system for monitoring the problem and management ofmisconduct observed in post publication period. Indeed, the management of the problematic publication is an interesting issue.Some problematic publications are neglected by publishers andthe poor publishers, especially for predatory publishers, sometimessupport the publications of works with misconducts.2,3 The development of standard guideline for retraction is required and thereshould be the international collaboration for management of theproblem.
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