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.

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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. Please do get in touch with me directly at [log in to unmask]

Thanks in advance and best wishes!
Holly

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