A 2014 paper on a component for thin electric circuits has been retracted from Composites Science and Technology due to a “disagreement” over author contributions, according to the retraction note.
The retraction note for “Preparation and dielectric properties of BaTiO3:epoxy nanocomposites for embedded capacitor application” is short and sweet. Here it is, in full:
This article has been retracted at the request of the Authors due to disagreement about the relative contributions of the co-authors.
We contacted corresponding author Jun-Wei Zha, a researcher at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, and the journal’s Editor in Chief, Tsu-Wei Chou. We will update if we hear back from either of them.
The article has been cited five times, according to Thomson Scientific’s Web of Knowledge.
Hat tip: Rolf Degen
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This article may shed some background light on the issue of authorship definitions:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08989621.2015.1047927?journalCode=gacr20#.VdFRlnIVjIU
Teixeira da Silva, J.A., Dobránszki, J. (2015) How authorship is defined by multiple publishing organizations and STM publishers. Accountability in Research: Policies and Quality Assurance
I have added the full text on my ResearchGate profile page as open access.