Journals need to provide better guidance for victims of plagiarism

“Academics and researchers are ill prepared for what to do when they’re victims of publication misconduct“, say authors of an article published by BMJ.com, whose work has been plagiarised multiple times. They describe the struggle with their defense against plagiarism: the publisher of the plagiarised paper first didn’t respond at all, and took some action only after an intervention by Retraction Watch. Read the entire story including the conclusion and authors’ advice to the others in the article Journals Need to Provide Better Guidance for Victims of Plagiarism.