1. How to deal with suspected plagiarism
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How to deal with suspected plagiarism
Sabine Kleinert
Senior Executive Editor, The Lancet
Sao Paolo, Nov 2012 1

2. Don’t go just by percentage if screening No cut-offs
Editorial judgement needed
Depends on extent, place in paper, attempts
to deceive… 2

4. A series of flowcharts (also available translated into select languages – more being added)
A Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guide for Journal Editors (revised and launched Mar 2011)
A Code of Conduct for Publishers (Mar 2011)
Sample letters for handling common problems
Retraction guidelines
Presentations
Other guidance (eg for editorial boards)

5. COPE’s flowchart on plagiarism in submitted paper5

6. COPE’s flowchart on plagiarism in submitted paper
It helps if you have clear definitions in instructions
to authors and state your policy on plagiarism
Consider sending your Cross-check report 6

7. COPE’s flowchart on plagiarism in submitted paper7

8. COPE’s flowchart on plagiarism in submitted paper
Educate authors! 8

9. COPE’s flowchart on plagiarism in a published paper9

10. COPE’s flowchart on plagiarism in a published paper
As before….. 10

11. COPE’s flowchart on plagiarism in a published paper
You as editors are the guardians
of the scientific record
You as editors are the guardians
of the scientific record 11

12. COPE’s flowchart on plagiarism in a published paper
You as editors are the guardians
of the scientific record 12

13. A series of flowcharts (also available translated into select languages – more being added)
A Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guide for Journal Editors (revised and launched Mar 2011)
A Code of Conduct for Publishers (Mar 2011)
Sample letters for handling common problems
Retraction guidelines
Presentations
Other guidance (eg for editorial boards)

14. The problems with plagiarism For discussion
How much is too much?
Difficult to detect plagiarism of ideas
Plagiarism from grant proposals
Plagiarism by reviewers
Plagiarised paper might be published BEFORE original source
Method section might be ok
In review papers of non-native English speakers
When should institutions be informed and with which aim?
?sanctions by editors 14