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Institutionalization of health impact assessment: a matter of equity in public health.

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Scientific misconduct is one of the effects of rising growth of articles. Iran has the highest ranking in scientific misconduct1 and while Iranian scientists admit some of the research problems,… Click to show full abstract

Scientific misconduct is one of the effects of rising growth of articles. Iran has the highest ranking in scientific misconduct1 and while Iranian scientists admit some of the research problems, having said that, they defend the general principle of their research2. In the former paper have mentioned the serious actions of the Iranian authorities about this problem, which included the support of Iranian researchers3. After reading the letter to the editor3, the writer was eager to attach some vague and untold issues to present letter in order to help to clarify the matter, as well so, the author expressed his opinions. Recently, one of the Persian journals in the field of computer science (miscellaneous)* has released own new statement: all researchers must send the certificate of plagiarism (via Hamanand joo) for us. Since plagiarism is the first type of Iranian scientific misconduct4, therefore, it is anticipated that, if this requirement was as instruction in all journals, notably medical journals, will help to reduce scientific misconduct and improve research culture. On the one hand, the author as a former expert of a Persian journal, doesn’t see any Persian retracted articles in Iranian journals or Iranian databases. It is likely that there will be found retractable articles in Persian articles and if this issue were true, might the rate of Iran could change in the world1. Of course, a brief search on Scopus database showed that most of retracted articles written in English, therefore, this matter maybe is everywhere. Nonetheless, Iran compared to many of countries is significantly suffering from defects of research culture1,4,5. On the other hand, If the culture institutionalized at national level, improving the situation internationally is not unexpected. One of the reasons for lack of retracted articles in Iran is fear of results, lack of necessary infrastructures or Iranian culture. All things considered, in addition to the rules and current actions, it seems

Keywords: retracted articles; institutionalization health; impact assessment; health impact; matter; health

Journal Title: Gaceta sanitaria
Year Published: 2019

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