Jens Koch will be talking about plagiarism and failure to cite
relevant literature at the seminar on Thursday, May 15, at 4.30.  He
has listed some possible readings, which I copy below:
"There are two short articles that I found quite interesting as a starting
point for plagiarism and failure to cite relevant literature,
respectively:

1) L. Cranberg:
"The Plague of Plagiarism Persists in Modern Science"
The Scientist 6[3]:11, Feb. 03, 1992
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1992/feb/opin_920203.html

2) I. Ginsburg:
"The Disregard Syndrome: A Menace to Honest Science"
The Scientist 15[24]:51, Dec. 10, 2001
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2001/dec/opin_011210.html

  I will talk a bit about both articles, but I will not cover every
detail. So reading at least one of them might be a good idea. Furthermore,
if I am short on time I will skip a pretty recent example of plagiarism in
physics, which is the case of Professor Rajput. Whoever is interested in
reading about this case is invited to do so starting at
http://www.geocities.com/physics_plagiarism"

  In case this does not give you enough to think about, I can recommend
some of the things to be found in the website at:
http://onlineethics.org/topics/plagiarism.html
If there is enough time I shall start a discussion of some of these.  You
may notice that a number of these seem to lead on to the apparently
unrelated problems of mentorship and of coauthorship.

			David Thouless