The saga of the creationist/allegedly plagiarised paper rumbles on. You can read my previous blog here.
The publishers Wiley-VCH finally sent me their press release explaining why they pulled it and as suspected the decision was taken "due to some overlap of passages with several previously published articles". As promised I have pasted it below.
Yet again, the great supposed "gold standard" of peer review has been found wanting...
Proteomics Editor and Publisher Retract Journal Article
Weinheim, Germany, February 13, 2008-- The following article from the journal PROTEOMICS "Mitochondria, the missing link between body and soul: Proteomic perspective evidence" by Mohamad Warda and Jin Han , published online on January 23, 2008 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com), has been retracted as a result of an agreement by the authors, Proteomics Editor-in-Chief, Michael J. Dunn, and publisher Wiley-VCH.
The article has been retracted due to some overlap of passages with several previously published articles. The article will be withdrawn shortly from Wiley InterScience EarlyView; it will not appear in print.
"We are fully aware of the considerable interest that the article by Warda and Han has engendered, as well as the controversial viewpoints expressed by the authors," said Editor-in-Chief, Michael Dunn. "Clearly human error has caused a misstep in the normally rigorous peer review process that is standard practice for Proteomics and should prevent such issues arising."
As soon as the problems with the article were brought to their attention, the Editor-in-Chief, Michael J. Dunn, and the publisher, Wiley-VCH, immediately instituted the appropriate procedures to rectify the situation.
