Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. Iran Archives of Iranian Medicine 1029-2977 21 8 2018 08 01 The Editor and the Author at Fault: A Lesson From Recent Retractions 376 377 EN Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi Journal Article 2018 04 08 2018 04 18 Many reported scientific misconducts included duplication, data fabrication and falsification; but recent fake peer reviews have become strange news for many researchers worldwide. Using gmail and other non-academic emails to correspond with journals should be highly prohibited. Indeed, the dark part of this story is lack of conscience by editors who run some journals. Our suggestion in this paper can decrease the chance of repeating similar retractions in close future.