RETRACTED: Amelioration of osteoporosis and hypovitaminosis D by sunlight exposure in Parkinson’s disease

• Published in: Parkinsonism & related disorders 2011-01, Vol.17 (1), p.22-26
• Main Authors: Sato, Yoshihiro, Iwamoto, Jun, Honda, Yoshiaki
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Neurology
• ISSN: 1353-8020; 1873-5126
• DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.10.008

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal ( http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy ). This article has been retracted at the request of the Co-Editors-in-Chief. The Co-Editors of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders recently have received communications indicating that substantial portions of this article were re-used from an earlier publication (Sato Y, Iwamoto J, Kanoko T, Satoh K.  Amelioration of osteoporosis and hypovitaminosis D by sunlight exposure in hospitalized, elderly women with Alzheimer’s disease:  a randomized, controlled trial.  J Bone Miner Res 2005;20:1327-1333 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1359/JBMR.050402 ).  The Co-Editors have reviewed both articles and contacted the authors concerning the allegation.  They have confirmed that a significant and unacceptable amount of duplication of wording, although not data, is present in the article published in this journal. One of the conditions of submission of a paper for publication is that authors declare explicitly that the paper is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. As such this article represents an abuse of the scientific publishing system. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process. The authors of the article have asked the Co-Editors and the Publisher to communicate the following information to readers: Dr. Yoshihiro Sato, the lead author on both articles, takes full responsibility for the extensive self-plagiarism evident in the article published in this journal.  The other two listed authors, Drs. Iwamoto and Honda, contributed little to the published study in this journal, were listed by Dr. Sato as “honorary” authors, and were unaware of the inappropriate duplication of material.