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RETRACTED: ASSOCIATION OF THYROID DYSFUNCTION AMONG INFERTILE WOMEN VISITING NEPALGUNJ MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, KOHALPUR-NEPAL

  • M Shrewastwa ,
  • K Thanpari ,
  • R Goit ,
  • NK Yadav ,
  • RK Mittal ,
  • V Rohil ,


Abstract

RETRACTION NOTICE:

Several critical errors have been found in this article (DOI:10.15562/bmj.v2i3.52)
We found that the authors copied most of the data from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23016472 (2011)

The authors changed the sample size from 735 to 635 in their study, but the percentage of each type of thyroid dysfunction is still same like the original paper. Therefore, it seems like the paper has not been reviewed and not crossed checked for plagiarism.

There are a few blunders in the copied papers:
1. Within abstract, they say in one place sample size is 635, and other is 735 as in the original article.
2. Percentage distribution is not comparable to their data.
3. In the introduction section, the original article wrote - "country like Nepal" changed into "country like USA" (which some references stated that USA is not endemic for goiter).
4. They cited the original paper at reference number 18, rest all references are also same. In the discussion paper, original paper cited 26-28 (as number) to cite these paper but in the copied paper it is mentioned as" A number of 27-29" which doesn't make any sense.

In BaliMedJ earlier year (2012 to 2013), our old Journal Manager didn't have the experience to manage an International Journal. And without any source of funding, it is impossible to have the application that we used today (Turnitin, Grammarly, CrossMark, etc)

But since 2014, BaliMedJ is taken over by a new managerial team.
And all the submission, review, editing, and galley publication were rebuilt.
All the old staff was replaced, even BaliMedJ logo changed in 2016.
Turnitin is now a mandatory used as a plagiarism check.

Once again, we are terribly and deeply sorry for the mistakes.
We will personally check all other old galleys for plagiarism issues.
If there is anything we can do to assist the readers, please contact us at Email: editor@balimedicaljournal.org

We are truly open to suggestion.

Thank you
Best regards
Editor Bali Medical Journal
editor@balimedicaljournal.org


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Shrewastwa, M., Thanpari, K., Goit, R., Yadav, N., Mittal, R., & Rohil, V. (2017). RETRACTED: ASSOCIATION OF THYROID DYSFUNCTION AMONG INFERTILE WOMEN VISITING NEPALGUNJ MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, KOHALPUR-NEPAL. Bali Medical Journal, 2(3), 104–107. https://doi.org/10.15562/bmj.v2i3.52
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