自发地提交了一篇审查文章,并发出了三个同行评审员,这是期刊的标准做法。其中一个审稿人对本文表示“严重关切”。在电话交谈中,S /他解释说,该结构(标题,副标题等),大“文本的块”,以及大多数参考文献已被抄袭,他/他为最近的教学编写的教学大纲在同一主题的会议。审查文章中的两位作者中的一个参加了教学会议,并已收到课程提纲。告知另外两位同行评审员,纸张正在暂时退出同行审查过程,而这些指控进行了调查,编辑联系了两位作者关于所谓的抄袭。不透露同行评审员的身份,但编辑认为作者将被称为S /他是教学大纲的唯一作者。作者非常抱歉:他们承认他们已经使用了教学大纲,因为英语不是他们的第一语言,这是一个无辜的错误。他们声称他们没有意识到这种行为将达到抄袭。他们提出重写他们的论文,但编辑最终决定这仍然是不可接受的,手稿随后被拒绝。 The authors were happy with this decision, but the peer reviewer feels that the matter should be taken further. While recognising the authors’ behaviour was unacceptable, the editor was not convinced that the extent of the plagiarism is as serious as the peer reviewer was suggesting. Some sentences in the review manuscript were similar to the teaching syllabus, as was the structure of the review, but as far as the editor could see, large chunks of the text had not been copied, as claimed by the reviewer. - Should the editor inform the authors’ institution of the allegations? The peer reviewer is seeking further sanctions. - Should the editor automatically reject any future submissions from these authors on the basis that they are unreliable? - Should the editor explain to the two other peer reviewers why the manuscript has been rejected? - Should the editor encourage the authors to contact the peer reviewer in question so that they can apologise?