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KMID : 1172020160170020037
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Journal of Korean Bioethics Association
2016 Volume.17 No. 2 p.37 ~ p.49
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An analysis of cases of misconduct in publication ethics among medical and veterinary science articles published in the Korean Journals from 2009 to 2014
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Koo Young-Mo
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Abstract
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The objectives of this study are, firstly, to detect and analyze cases of misconduct in publication ethics among medical and veterinary science articles published in the Korean Journals, and, secondly, to assess whether iThenticate®, a widely used commercial plagiarism detection software, is an effective tool for detecting the articles that breach publication ethics. In order to conduct similarity check by using iThenticate®, 23,848 articles were extracted from KoreaMed Synapse journals published in 2009 through 2014, and for a practical reason, 30% of the random samples were selected. By utilizing the software options for minor adjustments in several steps, the number of target articles was then nailed down to 142. Finally, a naked-eye comparison of these articles led to the 10 cases of misconduct in publication ethics. A close examination of the cases in line with the Good Publication Practice Guideline tells that (1)there was at least one case of either plagiarism or text-recycling in every study year (2)some articles were published in SCI(E)-indexed journals (3)majority of the corresponding authors were affiliated with surgical divisions. Results of similarity check ranges from 20% to 69%, and the number has no significant correlation with cases that violated publication ethics. This study suggests that there may still have existed unidentified cases of misconduct in publication ethics among medical and veterinary science articles published in the Korean Journals in the study period and years thereafter.
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KEYWORD
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publication ethics, Korean medical and veterinary journals, similarity check, duplicate publication, plagiarism detection
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