© 2003 Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
EDITORIAL
Plagiarism and fraud
Plagiarism and fraud
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr John Mayberry
Editor, Postgraduate Medical Journal, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; pmj@btinternet.com
The death knell of research
Keywords: plagiarism; fraud
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As editor, the appearance of an excellent article is always exciting. The quality that sometimes exudes from every line is a joy to the reader. The thought that your journal has been selected by the authors gives you an inner glow. The citation index will rise, subscriptions increase, friends and colleagues will praise the journal, and other prestigious authors will submit articles. There may be a nagging question as to why you were selected, but for some there will not even be such a doubt.
When the paper deals with new and effective treatments you can expect press interest. Patients will be excited by the possibility that their incurable disease may now be treatable. They have hope. When a paper deals with the origins of disease, the role of environmental and genetic factors can be exposed and preventative programmes developed. The whole purpose of research is confirmed
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