Unethical Behavior of Journal Editors

I thought that readers of this blog should read this article http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i14/Editors-Coercing-Citations.html that appeared in the April 2, 2012 issue of the Chemical and Engineering News.  An editor does have the right to check the references in a paper.  There may be times when more documentation is needed and a paper must be revised to include more citations.  A journal editor has no right to "pump up" data that will eventually appear in Journal Citation Reports.  I wonder if the publishers are aware if this practice.  The authors of this article are asking scientists to complete a survey to determine how widespread this practice is.  I am interested in seeing the results.  This could be a "scandal" in STEM publishing.