Researcher ‘honestly shocked’ to discover name on paper, editor claims misunderstanding
While reviewing her Google Scholar profile to prepare a list of her publications, psychologist Maryam Farhang came across a paper she didn’t recognize. The article, in the Journal of Research in Allied Life Sciences, included her name and affiliation, but Farhang hadn’t written or contributed to the paper in any way.
Farhang posted about the misappropriation on LinkedIn, informed her institution of the discovery, and contacted the journal for answers, she said. After Farhang reached out, an associate editor at the journal contacted her and requested a meeting. During the conversation, the associate editor apologized and explained her name and affiliation were added to the paper “by mistake”. She later received an email from the journal saying the article had been removed. The paper, while not formally retracted, no longer appears on the journal’s website.
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