Plagiarism and Reviewer/Editor Responsibility

In twenty-two years of assigning and editing book reviews, the author have encountered a small number of cases -- some two dozen in all -- involving conflicts of interest. Most of these have been of the easily avoidable or correctable variety: the reviewer to whom he have assigned a particular book...

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Published in:Journal of information ethics 1997-04, Vol.6 (1), p.34-38
Main Author: Riggan, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conflicts of interest
Editing
Editors
Novels
Plagiarism
Publishing
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Summary:In twenty-two years of assigning and editing book reviews, the author have encountered a small number of cases -- some two dozen in all -- involving conflicts of interest. Most of these have been of the easily avoidable or correctable variety: the reviewer to whom he have assigned a particular book is, unbeknownst to him, too close a friend of the book's author to be objective, too antagonistic toward the author professionally and personally to be objective, an unacknowledged source or advisor or collaborator on the text in question, or already committed to reviewing the book for another journal. The reviewer went on to identify a good many of the articles and books pilfered piecemeal or in toto by Roy and also to correct several mistakes made in instances where attribution was at least attempted. A plagiaristic exercise so palpable, so gross, and such irresponsible fabrication of references can only add up to an outrage without parallel.
ISSN:1061-9321
1941-2894