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Published online 6 February 2008 | Nature 451, 619 (2008) | doi:10.1038/451619b

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Review article retracted amid plagiarism claims

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  • I find Simon's "so targeted for something like a review article" comment intriguing. It seems to indicate he thinks he is being singled out for something everyone does and that he doesn't hold review articles in very high esteem. While reviews serve a different function than original research papers, they are important. As Margaret Mitchell so aptly put it in Gone with the Wind, "You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail." "I'm being singled out" seems to have been a common refrain over the last year in plagiarism cases reported in these pages. What must we do as scientists to show that this kind of behavior is not something every scientist engages in and that it is unacceptable in our community?

    • 06 Feb, 2008
    • Posted by: Kristy Lamb