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American Chemical Society (ACS) Webinars. Catching Errors: Peer Review and Retractions in Publishing
COPE council member Charon Pierson is one of the speakers at this ACS webinar on Thursday 16 April, 2–3pm (ET). Joining is free. Click here for more details and to register.… - Case
Plagiarism or redundant publication?
A manuscript was submitted with a covering letter clearly stating the originality and unpublished nature of the work. The authors stated that the results had already been orally presented at a meeting the previous year. Before sending the manuscript for review the editors discovered that the manuscript contained 60% of the Materials and Methods text and 90% of the Results section of…