Journal of Vibration and Control

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Peer review fraud

In 2014, Sage Publications retracted 60 papers published in the journal due to a case of academic fraud, in which Peter Chen (National Pingtung University of Education, Taiwan) created false accounts in order to subvert the peer review process. [1] Ali H. Nayfeh, the editor-in-chief of the journal, retired from his academic post and resigned from his position with the journal following completion of the investigation. [2]

National Pingtung University of Education University in Pingtung, Taiwan; now part of National Pingtung University

National Pingtung University of Education was an institution of higher learning in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan. It has now become part of National Pingtung University.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Science Citation Index Expanded. In 2014 the journal had its impact factor suppressed due to anomalous stacked citation patterns. [3] In 2016, the journal is included in the Journal Citation Reports and its impact factor becomes 1.643 [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Retraction Notice". Journal of Vibration and Control. SAGE. 2014-07-09.
  2. ↑ Barbash, Fred (2014-02-02). "Scholarly journal retracts 60 articles, smashes "peer review ring"". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  3. ↑ http://ipscience-help.thomsonreuters.com/incitesLiveJCR/JCRGroup/titleSuppressions.html . Retrieved 23 June 2015.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ (PDF) http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/imgblast/JCRFullCovlist-2016.pdf.Missing or empty |title= (help)
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