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Irony alert: Forensic experts have paper retracted for plagiarism

Time to roll out the irony meter again. A group of scientists from Uttar Pradesh, India, who study forensic bioinformatics have had a paper retracted for something that can generally be detected with a specialized form of forensic software: Plagiarism. Here’s the notice for Kumar Ajay, Singh Neetu, Gaurav S.S. “Forensic Bioinformatics: An innovative technological … Continue reading Irony alert: Forensic experts have paper retracted for plagiarism

Plant journal retracts paper for plagiarism — of another study in the same journal

Scientia Horticulturae, a plant journal published by Elsevier, has retracted a paper after realizing it was a graft of another that appeared in its pages. Here’s the notice for “Water stress effects on Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) yield and oil essential components,” by Farshid Vazin, Islamic Azad University, Gonabad, Iran:

Sensing a pattern? Pattern Recognition Letters misses rampant plagiarism in modeling paper

It really isn’t fair to pick on Pattern Recognition Letters, but, well, if the shoe fits… We had fun at the expense of the journal the last time we found that a duplicate publication had escaped the editors. This time, plagiarism is to blame. A group of authors from the Institute of Automation at the … Continue reading Sensing a pattern? Pattern Recognition Letters misses rampant plagiarism in modeling paper

Plagiarism leads to retraction of conduction paper

Physica B: Condensed Matter has retracted a 2013 paper by a group from Morocco and France for, well, inappropriate condensation of printed matter. The article, “Granular and intergranular conduction in La1.32Sr1.68Mn2O7 layered manganite system,” came mostly from a team of physicists at  University Ibn Zohr, and appeared in June. According to the retraction notice:

Say “Argh!” Dental journal extracts paper for plagiarism

A group of authors from Saudi Arabia and Egypt has lost their 2012 paper in the International Journal of Dentistry for what appears to be a case of large-scale lifting of text from a previously published paper. The now-retracted article was titled “A Prospective Study of Early Loaded Single Implant-Retained Mandibular Overdentures: Preliminary One-Year Results,” … Continue reading Say “Argh!” Dental journal extracts paper for plagiarism

Chemist loses two papers, one each for plagiarism and duplication

A researcher at Shanxi Normal University in China has notched two retractions, once for plagiarism and one for duplication. Here’s the most recent notice, which appeared in Chemical Physics Letters on September 25:

Neuroscience journal takes tough stance on plagiarism

Like Howard Beale, the character in 1976’s “Network” who famously said “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!,” the editors of the journal Cortex have decided they’ve had enough when it comes to plagiarism. From an editorial in the current issue: We will treat academic plagiarism as a misdeed, … Continue reading Neuroscience journal takes tough stance on plagiarism

Chutzpah: Authors blame PLOS ONE for failing to find plagiarism in paper on Botulinum toxin

Holy Chutzpah, Batman! A team of researchers in India has retracted their 2012 paper in PLoS One on botulinum toxin for plagiarism — while blaming the journal for failing to use its “soft wares” to catch the plagiarism. The article, “Small-Molecule Quinolinol Inhibitor Identified Provides Protection against BoNT/A in Mice,” was written by a group … Continue reading Chutzpah: Authors blame PLOS ONE for failing to find plagiarism in paper on Botulinum toxin

Journal retracts two chemistry papers for plagiarism

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation has retracted a pair of articles by a group of chemists from Iran and the United States after finding evidence of plagiarism in the papers. The researcher team included authors from Islamic Azad University, Ferdowski University of Mashhad and, perhaps somewhat incongruously, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. … Continue reading Journal retracts two chemistry papers for plagiarism

Your bad: Journal yanks paper for plagiarism and duplication, and points fingers

Here’s a warning to would-be plagiarizers: Don’t submit to the journal Molecules unless you have no problem being called out by name when you’re busted. Consider: The journal is retracting a paper it published earlier this year after learning that the article contained verbatim text — and lots of it — from previously published papers. … Continue reading Your bad: Journal yanks paper for plagiarism and duplication, and points fingers