One of the hardest things for an author, and a handling Editor, is making sure that the references list of a submitted article is complete, but is an easier task now with our e-tools than in the days of the penicillin discovery. Another case is that of Einstein's special theory article of 1905 where Lorentz was not cited. Abraham Paix explored this in the biography of Einstein noting that Einstein did finally acknowledge that they, Lorentz and Einstein, had been in correspondence on the topic.
Prof John R Helliwell DSc On 19 Oct 2012, at 19:43, Bryan Lepore <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Jrh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > A different type of, post publication, fraud is the case of the discovery of > streptomycin. See :- > http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)61202-1/fulltext > > I can't resist posting this quite interesting tangential fact that is > unrelated to fraud : penicillin was discovered by Ernest Duchesne. > > -Bryan
