We, the Editor and Publisher of Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry, are retracting the following articles on the grounds of redundant publication:
| 1. | Bahram Mokhtari and Kobra Pourabdollah, “Emulsion Liquid Membranes for Effective Inclusion Extraction of Alkali Metals by Nanobaskets of Calixarene” Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry 42.7 (2012): 1013-1021. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15533174.2012.654879 | ||||
| 2. | Bahram Mokhtari and Kobra Pourabdollah, “Electrochemical Study of Structural Effects in Complexation of Nano-baskets: Calix[4]-1,2-crown-3, -crown-4, -crown-5, -crown-6” Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry 42.8 (2012): 1091-1097. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15533174.2012.680131 | ||||
We are now cognizant that the authors have reused and republished content from the aforementioned articles in Desalination: The International Journal on the Science and Technology of Desalting and Water Purification (Print ISSN: 0011-9164; Online ISSN: 1873-4464) and Talanta: The International Journal of Pure and Applied Analytical Chemistry (Print ISSN: 0039-9140; Online ISSN: 1873-3573) without adequate acknowledgement.
We have also ascertained that the aforementioned manuscripts were self-reviewed by the authors.
These actions constitute a breach of warranties made by the authors prior to publication. We note we published these articles in good faith based on these warranties, and censure these actions. The retracted articles will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but they will be digitally watermarked on each page as RETRACTED.