Plagiarism seems to be the talk of the town lately, cross-check have been busy with a tool (I-Thenticate). It was originally piloted by various publishers and it appears to work. I'd like to know if anyone has taken the plunge and put this on their journal. We have dabbled and it is a very useful tool, the only thing we are trying to measure now is how much of staff's time it is taking. Questions like what threshold % should you give? At what stage of your tracking system should you have it. In an ethical world it would be at submission stage but then there is a cost involved and you are paying for something that may be immediately rejected. So at revision or acceptance stage?
What happens when something goes over the threshold you then need to investigate. You need to familiarise yourself with the policy of plagiarism and self-plagiarism. COPE will be able to help you there with a flowchart which are in the resources area of ISMTE http://ismte.org/resources.html
Can people leave some comments regarding what they think of it and what they are doing about it.
There have been presentations at publisher meetings and manuscript tracking meetings, so you should be quite aware of it.
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Jennifer Deyton
ReplyDeleteWe have piloted this product and find it very useful to run the report. However, we do find the acutal report itself a bit oonfusing. Nothing that a little training won't cure, though. We are considering implenting it as a sort of threat. The policy would be that we reserve the right to randomly check your manuscript. The idea here is similar to drug testing in the workplace. The simple possibility of having to pee in a cup deters the use of illegal drugs. Not real sure how effective it will be....interested in comments...
Cross check was quite broadly (and favourably) spoken of at the BMJ/JAMA Congree on Peer Review in September.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't tried it for our journal yet, but have (ironically) been caught up in some issues of redundant publishing since then...
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Kristie Overstreet
ReplyDeleteSorry to be so late to the discussion. I would love to have the use of this software, but my journals are too small to be able to afford the cost. I must live vicariously through you big guys and look forward to the data you have to share.