The article published in WJG 2005; 11(19): 2975-2980 plagiarized an article previously published in Journal of Gastroenterology 2004; 39(2): 104-112

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On March 5, 2008, we received an E-mail reporting a case of plagiarism. After our evaluation we were able to confirm this claim. The details are noted below. In fact, we have published an article[1] at http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/13/2019.asp [World J Gastroenterol 2007 April 14;13 (14): 2019], which announced the attitudes of World Journal of Gastroenterology towards such a behavior. Now we are exposing it again to draw more attention.

The article published in WJG 2005; 11(19): 2975-2980 plagiarized an article previously published in Journal of Gastroenterology 2004; 39(2): 104-112. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(14): 2290-2291 Available from: URL: http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/2290.asp DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.2290

DETAILS OF PLAGIARIZER AND PLAGIARIZEE

The Plagiarizer

Mei-Fang Huang, You-Qing Zhu, Zhi-Fen Chen, Jun Xiao, Xin Huang, Department of Digestive Disease, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, Hubei Province, China

Yong-Yan Xiong, Gui-Fang Yang, Department of Pathology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, Hubei Province, China

Supported by The Medical Science Research Foundation of Hubei Province, No. 101130780

Co-first-authors: Mei-Fang Huang and You-Qing Zhu

Co-correspondents: Mei-Fang Huang

Correspondence to: You-Qing Zhu, Department of Digestive Disease, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, Hubei Province, China. uqing-zhu@sina.com

Telephone: +86-27-67813275 Fax: +86-27-87307622

Received: 2004-07-12 Revised: 2004-11-04

Huang MF, Zhu YQ, Chen ZF, Xiao J, Huang X, Xiong YY, Yang GF. Syndecan-1 and E-cadherin expression in differentiated type of early gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol. 2005 May 21; 11(19): 2975-29780. PMID: 15902740 [PubMed-indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/11/2975.asp

The Plagiarizee

Jiro Watari, Yusuke Saitoh, Mikihiro Fujiya, Naomi Shibata, Hiroki Tanabe, Yuhei Inaba, Kotaro Okamoto, Atsuo Maemoto, Tomoyuki Ohta, Atsumi Yasuda, Tokiyoshi Ayabe, Toshifumi Ashida, Takeshi Obara, Yutaka Kohgo, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, 2-1-1-1 Midorigaoka-Higashi, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan

Kinichi Yokota, Health Care Center, Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, Japan

Watari J, Saitoh Y, Fujiya M, Shibata N, Tanabe H, Inaba Y, Okamoto K, Maemoto A, Ohta T, Yasuda A, Ayabe T, Ashida T, Yokota K, Obara T, Kohgo Y. Reduction of syndecan-1 expression in differentiated type early gastric cancer and background mucosa with gastric cellular phenotype. J Gastroenterol. 2004; 39(2): 104-112.

PMID: 15069616 [PubMed-indexed for MEDLINE]

ANALYSIS OF PLAGIARIZING PUBLICATION OF MANUSCRIPT

Both manuscripts focus on the expression of Syndecan-1 and E-cadherin in differentiated type of gastric cancer, and most parts of the article published by WJG are exact copies of the manuscript published by Journal of Gastroenterology without acknowledgment and citations including the same sentences, words and even punctuation marks. The yellow highlighted parts in Figure 1 show the same parts in the article published by WJG.

Figure 1 Snapshot of manuscript (6 pages total) published by WJG. The yellow parts were copied directly from the manuscript published by Journal of Gastroenterology.

Based on this analysis, WJG considers this a typical case of plagiarism, and is prepared to take strict, appropriate action against such behavior. Authors from the plagiarizer’s group are not accepted to submit their papers in the future.