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|Title=“I am really sorry:Peer reviewer stole text for own paper
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|Title='I am really sorry': Peer Reviewer Stole Text for Own Paper
|Is About=This case is about Yi-Chou Tsai, a chemist at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. In 2009 he and a colleague published a paper. In that paper, some paragraphs were copies from a paper he was asked to review. He states that his colleague copies those paragraphs.
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|Is About=This factual case describes an instance of plagiarism by a peer reviewer. The peer reviewer had sent the unpublished manuscript to a colleague with whom he was writing a review. Portions of text from the manuscript under review ended up in the published review written by the peer reviewer and his colleague. The review was retracted, and the peer reviewer apologized.
 
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|Important Because=Peer reviewing is essential to maintaining the integrity of academic literature. Importantly, authors who submit a manuscript for peer review should be able to trust that their manuscripts will not be used for any purpose other than the peer review itself, unless they have given explicit permission for this.
 
 
This is a factual case.
 
|Important Because=One can also be indirectly involved in scientific fraud and plagiarism.  
 
 
 
 
 
Website Blog (Retractionwatch)
 
 
|Important For=Researchers; Peer reviewers; Reviewers
 
|Important For=Researchers; Peer reviewers; Reviewers
 
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|Has Link=https://retractionwatch.com/2016/03/14/i-am-really-sorry-peer-reviewer-stole-text-for-own-paper/
 
|Has Link=https://retractionwatch.com/2016/03/14/i-am-really-sorry-peer-reviewer-stole-text-for-own-paper/
 
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|Involves=Yi-Chou Tsai
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|Involves=Retraction Watch
 
|Has Timepoint=14-3-2016
 
|Has Timepoint=14-3-2016
 
|Has Location=Taiwan
 
|Has Location=Taiwan
|Has Virtue And Value=Reliability
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|Has Virtue And Value=Reliability; Transparency; Honesty
 
|Has Good Practice And Misconduct=Plagiarism; Peer review ethics violation; Journal Retractions
 
|Has Good Practice And Misconduct=Plagiarism; Peer review ethics violation; Journal Retractions
 
|Related To Research Area=Chemical sciences
 
|Related To Research Area=Chemical sciences
 
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Latest revision as of 13:48, 19 August 2021

Cases

'I am really sorry': Peer Reviewer Stole Text for Own Paper

What is this about?

This factual case describes an instance of plagiarism by a peer reviewer. The peer reviewer had sent the unpublished manuscript to a colleague with whom he was writing a review. Portions of text from the manuscript under review ended up in the published review written by the peer reviewer and his colleague. The review was retracted, and the peer reviewer apologized.

Why is this important?

Peer reviewing is essential to maintaining the integrity of academic literature. Importantly, authors who submit a manuscript for peer review should be able to trust that their manuscripts will not be used for any purpose other than the peer review itself, unless they have given explicit permission for this.

For whom is this important?

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