And did she report it to the parent institution's relevant conduct authority? *Lee* *www.leeturnpenny.com <http://www.leeturnpenny.com>* *twitter.com/LeeTurnpenny <http://twitter.com/LeeTurnpenny>* <http://blogs.nature.com/u71147cba/> On 14 May 2015 at 15:06, Mhairi Stewart <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > A colleague of mine was sent a paper last week to referee. It seemed > familiar then she realised it was word for word one of her papers with the > formulae changed. She rejected it. > #sorrynotsorry #facepalm > > More seriously, we all wondered how it could have got as far as being > sent out. > > ------------------------ > Dr Mhairi Stewart > Public Engagement Officer > Biomedical Sciences Research Complex > North Haugh, University of St Andrews > Scotland, KY16 9ST > Tel: +44(0)1334 464809 > email: [log in to unmask] > > The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : > No SC013532 > > > From: Joana Osorio <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: "psci-com: on public engagement with science" < > [log in to unmask]> > Date: Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:32 > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Academic plagarism > > Hi Holly, > > I've been an in-house academic editor for more than 7 years, only > recently becoming a freelancer. I'm not sure whether the problem is getting > worse or whether everyone is just paying more attention to it. In any case, > here are a few websites that you and other people interested in these > issues might find useful: > > Many publishers now routinely use CrossCheck to detect plagiarism in > submitted articles ( > http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck/crosscheck_for_researchers.html). > > Most reputable publishers are also now part of the Committee on > Publication Ethics (COPE; http://publicationethics.org/). > > A good source of discussion of research misconduct is Retraction Watch ( > http://retractionwatch.com/). You can search for 'plagiarism' (with an > 'i') to browse through discussions of recent cases. > > Hope this helps, > Joana > > https://uk.linkedin.com/in/joanaosorio > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Holly Cave <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I'm currently working on a feature article for Technologist magazine >> about plagarism within academia. >> >> Is the problem getting worse? If so, why? >> Does software help to both reduce and disguise the occurence of plagarism? >> >> I'd be especially interested to hear from EU researchers and those in the >> academic publishing world who have come "face-to-face" with the issue, >> whether straightforward plagarism, "predatory" journals or cases of >> research misconduct. 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