[Papyrus-L] examples of published plagiarisms

[John Rodgers]

Dear Listers,
   an unusual subject for our group:  I'm preparing the syllabus for a 
course in Scientific Writing and would like to include examples of 
published plagiarisms. I want my students to analyze these examples, so the 
more examples, the better.  I have several recent examples from a 
field  _outside_ this List topic, but would like further examples.  To 
avoid embarassing colleagues or living persons-  you could respond to me 
iydirectly at
jrodgers at bcm.tmc.edu


         I am aware that outside the sciences there has been a cottage 
industry in "exposing" literary plagiarisms.  While I find these 
interesting, I am more interested in examples in the professional 
literature- journal articles.   These might range from whole-sale 
plagiarisms of unattributed texts to "unprofessional paraphrasing", to more 
subtle examples of cribbed citations, or mis-attributed ideas.  Of greatest 
value to me are the "sciences" but I have a wide appetite.

      This group is self-selected for persons obsessed with citation 
issues- so I have high hopes!

  Thank you,
    John



John R. Rodgers, PhD
Department of Immunology
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Baylor College of Medicine
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