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|Is About=Researchers everywhere are under increasing pressure to publish in high quality journals. The amount of space available in a journal such as ''Medical Education'' has not kept pace with the rise in submissions. Against a background of fierce competition, authors sometimes cut corners. This may lead to misconduct<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02027.x</ref>.
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|Is About=This case described how the limited space in journals is not aligned with the increase in submissions. Due to publication pressure authors sometimes cut corners, which can lead to cases of misconduct.<ref>Brice, Julie, and John Bligh. "Author misconduct: not just the editors' responsibility." ''Medical education'' 39.1 (2005): 83-89.</ref>
 
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|Important Because=This paper aims to explore the most common types of publication misconduct seen in the ''Medical Education'' editorial office, and to consider the reasons for this and the implications for researchers in the field<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02027.x</ref>.
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|Important Because=This paper aims to explore common types of publication misconduct in the editorial office in a specific journal, and considers several implications
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|Important For=Researchers; PhD students
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|Has Best Practice=The cases reveal practices to avoid:
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*Plagiarism
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*Undeserved authorship
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*Duplicate submission
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*Unprofessional conduct
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*Lack of ethical approval
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*Redundant or duplicate publication
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Other experienced misconduct to avoid were:
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*"‘salami‐slicing’– dividing up a piece of research as thinly as possible to get the maximum number of papers out of it; this naturally involves a great deal of repeated information, especially in the ‘methods’ section;"
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*"cutting and pasting whole sections from 1 manuscript to another – another unfortunate temptation of the electronic age;"<ref>Das, S. K. (2003). Plagiarism in higher education: is there a remedy? Lots of instruction and some careful vigilance could work wonders. ''The Scientist'', ''17''(20), 8-9.</ref>
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*"publishing a paper in a small national journal, then having it translated into English and submitting it to a larger journal without revealing its previous publication;"
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*"publishing a paper in a minor journal    or in some other format such as an e‐journal and then submitting it to a    larger journal without revealing its previous publication, and"
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*"attempting to have a paper published in    2  journals simultaneously; some authors even go so far as to give identical papers different titles and list the authors in a different order in an attempt to disguise this type of misconduct." <ref>Brice, J., & Bligh, J. (2005). Author misconduct: not just the editors' responsibility. ''Medical education'', ''39''(1), 83-89.</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 15:59, 26 October 2020

Cases

Author Misconduct: Not Just the Editors' Responsibility

What is this about?

This case described how the limited space in journals is not aligned with the increase in submissions. Due to publication pressure authors sometimes cut corners, which can lead to cases of misconduct.[1]

  1. Brice, Julie, and John Bligh. "Author misconduct: not just the editors' responsibility." Medical education 39.1 (2005): 83-89.

Why is this important?

This paper aims to explore common types of publication misconduct in the editorial office in a specific journal, and considers several implications

For whom is this important?

What are the best practices?

The cases reveal practices to avoid:


  • Plagiarism
  • Undeserved authorship
  • Duplicate submission
  • Unprofessional conduct
  • Lack of ethical approval
  • Redundant or duplicate publication

Other experienced misconduct to avoid were:


  • "‘salami‐slicing’– dividing up a piece of research as thinly as possible to get the maximum number of papers out of it; this naturally involves a great deal of repeated information, especially in the ‘methods’ section;"
  • "cutting and pasting whole sections from 1 manuscript to another – another unfortunate temptation of the electronic age;"[1]
  • "publishing a paper in a small national journal, then having it translated into English and submitting it to a larger journal without revealing its previous publication;"
  • "publishing a paper in a minor journal or in some other format such as an e‐journal and then submitting it to a larger journal without revealing its previous publication, and"
  • "attempting to have a paper published in 2 journals simultaneously; some authors even go so far as to give identical papers different titles and list the authors in a different order in an attempt to disguise this type of misconduct." [2]
  1. Das, S. K. (2003). Plagiarism in higher education: is there a remedy? Lots of instruction and some careful vigilance could work wonders. The Scientist, 17(20), 8-9.
  2. Brice, J., & Bligh, J. (2005). Author misconduct: not just the editors' responsibility. Medical education, 39(1), 83-89.

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