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<DIV><SPAN class=295151410-26032012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I'm
curious as to what the motivation for doing this might be?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=295151410-26032012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=295151410-26032012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Mike</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT size=2 face=Garamond>Michael Gurstein,
Ph.D.</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT size=2 face=Garamond>Editor in
Chief: Journal of Community Informatics</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT
size=2 face=Garamond>web:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us>
<FONT size=2 face=Garamond><A
href="http://ci-journal.net/">http://ci-journal.net</A></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT size=2
face=Garamond>email:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us>
<FONT size=2 face=Garamond>gurstein@gmail.com</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca></SPAN> </P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
aisworld-bounces@lists.aisnet.org [mailto:aisworld-bounces@lists.aisnet.org]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Dijkman, R.M.<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 26, 2012 3:58
AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Prashant Palvia';
'aisworld@lists.aisnet.org'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AISWorld] Unauthorized
Dual Publication<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dear
Prashant,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">This
seems to have happened to other papers as well. If you check the other papers
in the issue in which you were published, they are also copied from DSS.
Compare the contents of volume 3 issue 11 of this
journal:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A
href="http://www.irjbas.sciencerecord.com/archive/2011/3%2811%29/archive.html">http://www.irjbas.sciencerecord.com/archive/2011/3%2811%29/archive.html</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">with
those of volume 51 number 3 of DSS:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A
href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01679236/51/3">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01679236/51/3</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Other
issues of this journal also appear to have been copied from
DSS.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Probably
Elsevier should be made aware of this situation, so they can take appropriate
action.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Best
regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR>Remco
Dijkman<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
aisworld-bounces@lists.aisnet.org [mailto:aisworld-bounces@lists.aisnet.org]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Prashant Palvia<BR><B>Sent:</B> vrijdag 23 maart 2012
20:14<BR><B>To:</B> AISWorld<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AISWorld] Unauthorized Dual
Publication<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal>I wanted to bring to the attention of the IS community
something that happened last week which has us totally baffled.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal>On March
10, 2012, I received a message from a faculty member in South East European
University which informed us about a double <SPAN class=il>publication of the
same article</SPAN>. He was absolutely right. We checked and found
that the article "Contextual Constraints in Media Choice: Beyond Information
Richness” that we (Palvia, P., Pinjani, P., Cannoy, S.D., and Jacks, T) <SPAN
class=il>published</SPAN> in Decision Support Systems (Vol. 51, 2011,
pp. 657–670) was also <SPAN class=il>published</SPAN> in the International
Research Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (Vol 3, Issue 11, Nov 2011).
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal>We were
appalled by this <SPAN class=il>dual</SPAN> <SPAN class=il>publication</SPAN>
as we had submitted our article only to DSS and never to the International
Research Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences or any other journal for that
matter. So we contacted the editors of DSS. The Managing Editor of
DSS told us that she had no knowledge of it and referred us to their
Publisher, Elsevier. Elsevier came back and told us the
following:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal>“As for
the other journal, International Research Journal of Basic and Applied
Sciences, this is not an Elsevier journal so we can rule out the possibility
of your paper being submitted to that journal by someone from Elsevier. We
would suggest that you contact the Editorial Office of the said journal and
clarify with them this matter. They can confirm who submitted your paper to
their journal.”<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal>At this
point, I went to the publisher (The USA Science Record) web site of the
International Research Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences <A
href="http://www.journals.sciencerecord.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.journals.sciencerecord.com/</A> and found that they
have several journals including this one in question. For this
journal, they have many names on the editorial board but no name for an
editor-in-chief. On March 16, I wrote to their general email address
asking them about this dual publication and the name of the
editor-in-chief. I have not received any response from them. In
order to investigate further, I also wrote to three names on the editorial
board but have not received any response.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal>At this
point, we have reached the end of the rope and don’t know what to do
next.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal>I write
to the AIWorld list for several reasons:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"
class=MsoListParagraph>1.<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN>My
co-authors and I have no knowledge of the second publication and completely
dissociate ourselves from this second publication.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"
class=MsoListParagraph>2.<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN>Does anyone
have a logical explanation for this dual publication?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"
class=MsoListParagraph>3.<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN>Has it
happened to others?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"
class=MsoListParagraph>4.<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN>If there is
no logical explanation, then obviously it violates ethics and perhaps even
some laws. What can be done to stop this practice? Should AIS get
involved?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"
class=MsoListParagraph>5.<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN>What should
we do now?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal>Prashant Palvia, Ph.D., Joe
Rosenthal Excellence Professor<BR>The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro <BR>Bryan School of Business and Economics<BR>424 Bryan Building,
Greensboro, NC 27402,
USA<BR><BR><BR><BR><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>