The description of the retraction
Retraction Date: June 5, 2018
Retraction Requested By: Editor in Chief and the Publisher
Retraction Type: Plagiarism
This paper is retracted because it fully coincides with the paper published in 2012 (listed below) without any permission from authors, or even citing the paper.
A. J. Zargani, A. K. Ghorbani-Tanha, M. S. Marefat Reducing Train-Induced Vibrations of Talezang Railway Bridge Using Tuned Mass Damper. 2nd International Conference on Acoustics and Vibration (ISAV2012), Tehran, Iran, 26-27 December, 2012.
The Publisher has checked the retracted paper for similarity issues using plagiarism detection software, however the mentioned paper was not listed in the similarity report. The similarity issues were raised by the authors of the retracted paper.
Considering recommendations from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) this case was clarified as plagiarism.