Purpose: A comparative study of scientific misconduct in some countries, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Isreal, India, Pakistan, United States, China, Japan, South Korea, Sweden and France.Methodology: All retracted articles indexed in Web of Science between 2010 and 2017 were selected. Using analytical approach and Scientometrics method, the status of retracted papers in terms of cooperation with other countries, disciplines, retraction date, citation rate and types of retraction by separation of countries, scientific categories and disciplines were studied.Results: The top scientific misconduct was plagiarism and belonged to science branch fields. China had the most retracted papers in each discipline, domain and scientific category. The most retracted articles were written in Medical Sciences domain.Conclusion: There is an upward trend in papers getting retracted in recent years.Overall, Iran, India and Pakistan had the most scientific misconduct in compare to their total scientific production.

The three growing phenomena: Paper Mills, Review Mills, and Citation Mills, are known as the three sides of the triangle of scientific misconduct, have raised serious concerns about research credibility in societies. A report by the Committee on Publication Ethics and The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers states that 2% of articles submitted to journals may originate from paper mills. As researchers and faculty members face countless challenges to increase their number of articles and receive more citations, they have become the primary clientele trapped in the web of these unethical practices. The spread of such unethical behaviors in the processes of publishing and evaluating science is a serious threat to scientific research in the world, leading to a loss of public trust in science and destroying the credibility of knowledge. Countering these phenomena requires decisive measures and the development of clear regulations to protect scientific and ethical principles

Dear Editor-in-Chief: Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (IJPBS) recently has faced to some cases of unethical duplicate submissions. These papers were published in another journal before IJPBS decelerate the reviewer’s decisions. This can be classified as self-plagiarism or even redundant publication