COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, on what to do if you suspect plagiarism in a submitted manuscript.
The instructions to authors should include a definition of plagiarism and state the journal’s policy on it.
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Author Developed for COPE by Liz Wager of Sideview © 2013 Committee on Publication Ethics First published 2006
Version 1 2006
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COPE Council.Suspected plagiarism in a submitted manuscript. Version 2. 2013
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