A membrane paper has been retracted only two months after publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B because of an authorship dispute.
The paper, “Magnetic Interaction of Transition Ion Salts with Spin Labeled Lipid Membranes: Interplay of Anion-Specific Adsorption, Electrostatics, and Membrane Fluidity,” has not been cited, according to Thomson Scientific’s Web of Knowledge. (It appears to be taken down entirely, but it looks like you can read its abstract here.)
Here’s the entire — very short — note:
This manuscript was retracted on August 12, 2015, due to an authorship dispute.
We emailed the corresponding authors, Cornell chemist Jack Freed and Max Planck chemist Derek Marsh, and the journal’s editor in chief for more details. We will update this post if we hear back.
Hat tip: Michael Fischer
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