Please see this open letter to the Editors of International Journal of Intelligent Information and Management Science, regarding a citation in error.
I have not yet made direct contact with the editors, as I have been unable to find digital contact information (email, etc.). If you have contact information for this editorial board, I would be grateful to receive it.
2019-11-25
Editorial Board,
International Journal of Intelligent
Information and Management Science,
Dear Editors,
It has come to my attention that I have received a citation from an article published in your journal (Minyi Qian, Enterprise Strategic Adjustment based on Path Dependence Theory, International Journal of Intelligent Information and Management Science, ISSN: 2307-0692, Volume 8, Issue 3, June, 2019). The citation is referencing my published manuscript (Rivers G., et al., “Vitrification during cure produces anomalies and path-dependence in electrical resistance of conductive composites” Composites Science and Technology. 2017, 149, 90-99).
The citation uses my publication as a reference to discuss the various forms of diversification strategy in business, relating to new and superior technology’s role in emerging markets, going into a great deal of detail of the various categories. It is also related to Figure 2 of Minyi Qian’s article, which further discusses enterprise strategy.
It is my unfortunate duty to inform you that my manuscript is not a suitable citation for this topic. The cited manuscript of my work is a materials science and engineering paper, discussing an interaction of polymer physics with the development of electrical conductivity during chemical cure processes. It does not contain any definitions of categories of business strategy, or discussions of emerging market, that would support the authors published statements. I believe the author may have cited my paper in error, intending to cite another more suitable in its place.
As regrettable as it is to lose a citation, I must request that you remove my manuscript from this citation list, publish a correction statement, and provide the author an opportunity to correct this oversight, for the integrity of their manuscript and your publication.
In the interest of transparency, I will be posting this as an open letter on my website.
Kind Regards,
Dr. Geoffrey Rivers
Research Fellow
Centre for Additive Manufacturing
University of Nottingham