The chief editor expresses her concern as to the allegations of plagiarism disseminated on a large field of personal e-mails, some of them accessed without permission and thus abused, as well as on certain political sites. The dissemination was not only regional, but national, and when it was immediately spread on the internet, the damage could only be figured out.
The allegations regarded some articles previously published since 2010 in our journal. It is our conviction that prior to taking such actions, the journal should be officially informed. Thus we would have had the opportunity to analyze the issues.
The allegations were viciously and falsely fathered consecutively by a character who styled himself as a prominent researcher and voluntary justice maker, further intoxica-ting the net.
The electronic format of the journal was used without permission. [More]
Editor’s Expression of Concern
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