Re: [ccp4bb]: re: Problems with PDB entry 1muo; flame war II

["N.Ramasubbu" <ramasun1@umdnj.edu>]

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Hi:
This happens in grant writing as well.
A keep them honest approach....
Just like copyright transfer agreement, reviewers should send in "Conflict
of Interest" agreemnet.
This may stipulate that :
I do not have any conflict of interest;
I will not publish work along these lines in the near future (time?)
I agree to be "discredited" in the scientific community if I did so.

If the Editors later comes to know about  Plagiarism then they will no
longer be bound by the "discretion".
They should recommend the journal to publish the name(s) of the reviewer who
"stole" the concept
and should not allow that person from publishing anything in that journal.
And to do justice, publsih the
original submission with proper credit!
And write a letter to the friendly journal as to what happend. Publishers of
the "friendly" journal are
then obliged to withdraw the paper and follow suit in not accepting any
mansucript for publication.
subbu



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From: "blm" <blm@ornl.gov>
To: "ccp4" <ccp4bb@dl.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 11:18 AM
Subject: [ccp4bb]: re: Problems with PDB entry 1muo; flame war II


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> Folks,
> There is way too much Blanche DuBois syndrome with this topic - too much
> reliance on the kindness of strangers. Theft is rarely punished in this
field,
> Nobel prizes seem more likely. Editors, especially those with "stainless"
> reputations, can send sensitive papers to competitors (after all, they
know
> the most about the topic). Editorial discretion can result in the original
> authors wading through interminable and changing reviews, while the first
> submission is mined for useful information and the result sent to a
friendly
> journal. Priority is then established by the thieves and there aren't many
> venues that allow you to say we wuz robbed. Sending coordinates to
reviewer is
> too tempting, especially for the ambitious and driven. The only way a
reviewer
> should view coordinates is if they first identify themselves.
> Leif Hanson
>
> "He took a duck in the face at 250 knots" - William Gibson
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