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I would second the legal approach, a letter from a lawyer to the publisher of the offending articles and to the author's institution may get more notice, hopefully without having to resort to anything further. The social media route can get very messy, the case with Lita Hong-Fincher accusing Roseann Lake of plagiarism on twitter <https://medium.com/shanghaiist/leta-hong-fincher-accuses-roseann-lake-of-ripping-off-her-research-into-leftover-women-d0ada8d068bd>earlier this year was a prime example where it didn't clear up the matter and both parties came off badly. On 2 October 2018 at 18:07, Rui Sousa-Silva <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Ken (and all), > > Yes, this is a really tricky decision. If the authors (and the journal > editors and the publisher) have no respect whatsoever for your work, why > should you worry about keeping them anonymous in the social media? > Ethically, you shouldn’t worry; what is worrying, however, is that they > might sue you. > > My suggestion is to involve a lawyer. I know from experience - and from my > own research - that academic plagiarism is seldom approached in/by courts > of law, but I also know that courts are much more prone to judge cases of > copyright infringement - as seems to be the case. Unlike your complaints - > which seem to be ignored by the infringers -, I’m sure a letter from a > lawyer could do miracles. > > I’m really interested in the outcome of the case; perhaps we can keep me > informed, on- of off-list. > > Good luck! > > Best, > > Rui > > > Rui Sousa-Silva > Forensic Linguist > > CLUP - Centro de Linguística da Universidade do Porto > Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Via Panorâmica, s/n, 4150-564 > Porto. Portugal > Telefone / Phone: +351 964 741 934 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > web: www.linguisticaforense.pt > > Linkedin | ResearchGate | ORCiD > > On 2 Oct 2018, at 12:52, Kaduk, Jorg D. (Dr.) <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Hi Ken, > > > > I admit, I have no idea whether there is an established route. > > Clearly it is bad for business to do anything… > > > > Maybe write an open letter to the offending journal as a regular > submission… > > If they do not respond tell the offending publishing house that you will > write an open letter in a competing journal. > > > > Similarly you could tell the university that you will tweet that > university x does not ensure the plagiarised content you have identified is > removed. I would not say anything more general, as you would probably be > sued the way “higher education” goes today. Maybe get advice from a layer > first… But I think, it should be possible to explain your case. > > > > Frustrating, > > Cheers, > > Joerg > > > > > > > > *From:* Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of *Ken Masters > *Sent:* 02 October 2018 05:15 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* What to do when plagiarised? > > > > Hi All > > > > What are the steps to take when one's article is (in my case, two articles > are) plagiarised? > > > > I discovered an article that heavily plagiarises two of my articles. I > sent emails to: > > - The editor of my journal > > - The publishing house of my journal > > - The editor of the offending journal > > - The publishing house of the offending journal > > - The corresponding author of the offending journal > > - The Rector of the university at which the corresponding author teaches > > > > The only responses I have are > > - from my journal and publishing house, who a looking into it. That was > months ago. > > - from the publishing house of the offending journal who told me to > contact the editor (this was after I had told them I had already contacted > the editor). I replied and told them this, and they did not respond. > > > > In all cases, I sent extracts from the papers, and copies of the actual > papers with the passages highlighted. > > > > The offending paper is still there, months after these emails have been > sent - and every time I go into Google Scholar, I still it is listed as a > recommendation for me. Aargh! > > > > What happens next? Is there some sort of public place? Does one put this > kind of thing on social media? I did tweet the extracts, but without > identifying the offending authors or journal, hoping that that would do > something. Although there were a couple of supporting tweets in response, > it had no impact. Do I tweet again, this time identifying the article, and > the authors and the university? Seems very heavy-handed, but I'm really > ticked off. > > > > I have to admit that part of my frustration has been that I was one of the > first researchers (perhaps the first) publishing on this topic, and I > struggled to get papers published on the the topic. Now that the topic is > becoming a little more respected, others are climbing in - that's great, > because it's a big field, but I'm ticked off at seen my initial hard stuff > being now being plagiarised. (Yeah, I know, just being a grumpy old man :-) > > > Regards > > Ken > > ------ > > Dr. Ken Masters > Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics > Medical Education & Informatics Department > College of Medicine & Health Sciences > SQU, Sultanate of Oman > Involved in medical education? 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