Is a violation of journal publication policy the same thing as
plagiarism?
And since plagiarism is a legal construct, does the author sue herself?
On Feb 18, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Stuart McKelvie wrote:
Dear Tipsters,
May I ask how Chris and others how you would react to this?
I recently was asked to review two papers from two different
journals. One manuscript was anonymous and the other was not.
The two papers presented different data but they referred to fairly
similar research questions.
Large chunks of the two introductions were word-for-word the same.
Parts of the method were word-for-word the same.
There was no clear cross-referencing for these bits of the text in
the two manuscripts.
I saw this as (self-) plagiarism and expressed this view to the
referees in very strong terms.
Do you think I was wrong?
Sincerely,
Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
[email protected]
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