Download as PDF, PPTX
Uploaded byC0pe
IN THE AFTERMATH OF AUTHORSHIP VIOLATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Michael V. Dougherty discusses problems with authorship violations like pseudonyms and plagiarism in philosophy. He summarizes scenarios where pseudonyms are used and issues they cause like lessening accountability. Dougherty also sent requests to clarify authorship of 11 pseudonymously published articles, with 6 receiving corrections. To avoid future issues, he recommends encouraging institutional email addresses and ORCID identifiers for submissions. Plagiarism also corrupts the research literature and wastes resources. It denies credit to genuine authors and falsifies discovery histories. Dougherty examines varieties of plagiarism like copy-paste, compression, and translation plagiarism. He provides case studies and recommends solutions for editors and publishers, like avoiding statutes of
More Related Content
Similar to IN THE AFTERMATH OF AUTHORSHIP VIOLATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
IN THE AFTERMATH OF AUTHORSHIP VIOLATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
- 1. IN THE AFTERMATHOF AUTHORSHIP VIOLATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Michael V. Dougherty Ohio Dominican University COPE North American Seminar 2019 Philadelphia May 3, 2019
- 2. Pseudonyms in Philosophy Inwhat scenarios do authors use pseudonyms? § To discuss or promote one’s previously-published work § To hide authorship in “hoax” articles § To protect authors of unpopular or controversial opinions § To hide one’s identity from a particular journal editor
- 3.
- 5. David Lewis =Bruce Le Catt
- 7. What is wrongwith the occasional pseudonym? • Lessens author accountability • Hinders an accurate history of philosophy • Produces an illusion of increased interest in a topic • Creates a downstream literature problem
- 8. Pseudonyms in Philosophy • In2017, I sent authorship clarification requests to editors and publishers for 11 pseudonymously published articles in philosophy
- 9. 6 of the11 articles were corrected with published clarifications of authorship
- 10. Solutions To avoid post-publicationpseudonym surprises: § Explicitly encourage institutional email addresses in manuscript submission portals § Require identity confirmation for submissions from unaffiliated authors (e.g., link to web presence) § Require authors to use ORCID identifiers in submission portal § Issue corrections for past articles published under pseudonyms
- 11. Plagiarism Why should editors,publishers, and researchers be concerned about plagiarism in published research articles? Plagiarism creates inefficiencies across all levels of knowledge production.
- 12. Plagiarizing articles • Denygenuine researchers credit for their work • Falsify the history of discovery • Create duplications in the research literature • Take up valuable space in journals that should have gone to authentic articles • Waste the time and resources of editors, peer reviewers, publishers, whistleblowers • Confer an illusion of research productivity to plagiarists, and this façade can generate unwarranted promotions, grants, new offers of employment, book contracts • Are Doppelgänger articles, taking citations away from their hidden sources, thereby disrupting impact factors, bibliometrics, and altmetrics (The Downstream Problem)
- 13.
- 14.
- 15. ADDITIONS TO THE RESEARCH PUBLISHED LITERATURE:THE NON-NORMATIVE ROUTE
- 16. ADDITIONS TO THE PUBLISHED LITERATURE:THE NON-NORMATIVE ROUTE
- 17. ADDITIONS TO THE PUBLISHED LITERATURE:THE NON-NORMATIVE ROUTE
- 18. Plagiarizing Articles Generatea Corruption of the Downstream Research Literature ADDITIONS TO THE PUBLISHED LITERATURE: THE NON-NORMATIVE ROUTE
- 19.
- 20. Suspected Wrongdoer Post- Publication Review Venue Journal Editor Publisher Research Integrity Office Grant Agency Journalists Genuine Author To whom canone blow the ethical whistle for suspected plagiarism? Whistleblowers need guidance from journals and publishers.
- 21. Varieties of Plagiarismin Philosophy • Straightforward Plagiarism • Disguised Plagiarism
- 22.
- 24.
- 25.
- 26.
- 28. Disguised plagiarism • Typicallyimmune to standard text-matching software • Highly invisible to unsuspecting readers • Often unrecognized even by those familiar with the original source text
- 29. Varieties of DisguisedPlagiarism include: Compression Plagiarism § The distillation of a lengthy scholarly text into a short one, followed by the publication of the short one under a new name with inadequate credit to the original author Translation Plagiarism § The work of one author is republished in a different language with authorship credit taken by someone else § Example: a lengthy book might be compressed into an article and published under new authorship § Example: an article in German is published in English under new authorship
- 30. A Case ofSuspected Compression Plagiarism: N. 2006
- 31. A Case ofSuspected Compression Plagiarism: N. 2006
- 32. Suspected Compression andTranslation Plagiarism: N. 2001
- 33. Suspected compression andtranslation plagiarism
- 34. Suspected compression andtranslation plagiarism
- 35. The Suspected CompressionPlagiarism in N. 2001
- 36. Solutions: What canEditors and Publishers do to Dis-incentivize Academic Plagiarism? § Avoid imposing statutes of limitations for plagiarism § Assign DOIs to all older articles § Communicate corrections to database/indexing services § Correct secondary venues in which articles appear
- 39. Solutions: What canEditors and Publishers do to Dis-incentivize Academic Plagiarism? § Avoid imposing statutes of limitations for plagiarism § Assign DOIs to all older articles § Communicate corrections to database/indexing services § Correct secondary venues in which articles appear § Don’t let plagiarists write errata or corrigenda in lieu of retracting plagiarizing papers § Indicate clearly to readers how suspected authorship misconduct should be reported
- 40. IN THE AFTERMATHOF AUTHORSHIP VIOLATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Michael V. Dougherty Ohio Dominican University COPE North American Seminar 2019 Philadelphia May 3, 2019