Dear all
Recently, I came across an article that is also available on Researchgate claiming to cite an article of mine. It attributes to me (particularly in the allegedly cited article) this sentence:
"According to Siyaves Azeri (2013), the people who are the most deprived and poverty-stricken have a desperate hungry rebellion." with Azeri 2013 being "Conceptual Cognitive Organs: Toward an Historical-materialist Theory of Scientific Knowledge" which has been published in Philosophia.
The citing article is Article MEDIATING ROLE OF EMPLOYEES’ SOCIETAL BEHAVIORS AMID SOCIAL ...
which supposedly "aims to unfold patriarchal oppression and capitalist oppression, evaluating the response of various male and female characters of novel “The Murder of Aziz Khan” by Zulfikar Ghose against (capitalist) oppression and dominance differently." (From the abstract)The problem is that there is no such a sentence in my article; the "cited" article is specifically dealing with problems in general philosophy of science and the role of concepts in scientific theories.
I know there are no sanctions against such "abuses" or "misuses" but I still am quite disturbed by the fact that I am referenced for something I have not said and by the ignorance or disregards of referees and/or editors (if there are truly any) of the journal that has published such a piece.
Maybe outlets such as Researchgate should device ways to filter out such articles.
What do you suggest?
Hello Prof Siyaves Azeri
I agree with your point that there are no sanctions against "abuses" and "misuses". In the first instance, I would contact the editor of the journal that started this problem. Here is some additional advice on how to do this properly and effectively.
https://www.editage.com/insights/how-to-communicate-with-the-journal-editor
@Joseph C Lee
Thank you very much for your response. I will contact the editors. I hope it works.
Dear Siyaves Azeri Part of the explanation for your observation is that there is a mix-up of two papers. The citation to your paper is indeed mentioned in:
Article MEDIATING ROLE OF EMPLOYEES’ SOCIETAL BEHAVIORS AMID SOCIAL ...
However, the right paper referring to the right authors, abstract, DOI (which does not seem to work (yet?)), title, references and the sentence you refer to is:
Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Farhat Hayat, & Muhammad Abid. (2023). UNFOLDING PATRIARCHAL AND CAPITALIST OPPRESSION: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF “THE MURDER OF AZIZ KHAN”. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, 4(1), 154–163. https://doi.org/10.53664/JSRD/04-01-2023-14-154-163
As far as I can see this paper (with the right title) is not present here on RG. I think what happened is that this journal send (incomplete or partly wrong) metadata to RG. This caused the mix-up of the right paper with the wrong title.
Not sure whether this will be corrected automatically at some point (I guess it will depend on the (right) authors who will if active here on RG claim/correct the proper paper).
Hope this clarifies the matter somewhat.
Best regards.
PS. See also enclosed files for comparison.
Dear Siyaves Azeri ,
It is hard to judge the effect that some one put words or claim that you said some words. I personally encounter where someone stated something oppose to what I wrote. The advice that Joseph C Lee gave could work in some situations. You can be even more bold by writing comment on their article in places like researchgate. I hope that those who actually read your paper should realize that it is rubbish. There is not much you can do. And in the end, your papers will be judged by what you wrote.
@ Rob Keller
Thank you for your response.
I see that the papers are conflated but still the matter holds; in the actual paper citing my work, the same sentence is ascribed to me and the particular article I spoke about. No change in the heart of the matter, unfortunately.
Best.
Siyaves
- Badges
- Science topic
- Similar topics
- Social Psychology
- Attitude