一篇评论文章中,两位作者写的,是自发提交给期刊X和有利的裁判的言论后发表。几周后,在论文被发表之前,作者撤回了作者,因为他不能保证文本的创意。显然,作者最近发现另一个审查论文,与同样的同事杂志Y,包含大量的文本抄袭一篇发表于期刊z杂志的编辑X检查这两个文本对彼此和验证,段落的文本复制,逐字逐句。杂志的编辑X与同事讨论的情况,决定退出,尽管他没有直接证据证明它被抄袭。杂志的编辑X写信给作者B告诉他,该论文被撤销。作者B是不开心,说他认为他的有争议的论文的主要问题是,他没有提到他抄袭的论文。事实上,他否认抄袭其他评论。跟进邮件,他威胁要采取“进一步措施反对“杂志的编辑X,如果编辑告诉任何人有关此案。——作者B是杂志的编辑。他发送的邮件的编辑Jounal X表明,他认为这是可以接受的抄袭别人的工作。 Should the owners of that journal be told about the above events? - Should the editor of Journal X inform the other two journals of the decision? - Should a life ban be imposed on Author B? - Author B has moved institutions since originally submitting the paper to Journal X. Should his new institution be informed of this case and, if so, by whom?
是自发提交一篇文章,发出三个同行评议者,这是《华尔街日报》的标准实践。其中一个审稿人对该报表示“严重关切”。在一次电话交谈中,他/她解释说,结构(标题、副标题、等)、大型文本块,和大多数的引用被抄袭从教学大纲,他/她写了最近的一次教学会话在同一主题。两位作者之一评论文章已经出席了教学会议,并将收到一份教学大纲。有知情的另外两位同行评议者纸被暂时退出了同行评议过程尽管这些指控进行调查,编辑联系了两位作者对涉嫌剽窃。同行审查的身份没有透露,但编辑认为作者会被称为他/她是唯一的教学大纲》一书的作者。作者非常歉意:他们承认他们的教学大纲,部分是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会剽窃。他们提供改写他们的论文,但编辑最终决定,这仍将是不可接受的,手稿后来拒绝。作者对这一决定,但同行审查认为此事应该采取进一步的。 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?