How plagiarism passes peer review: Reflection on a handbook editor’s experience

Cui, Ying

doi:10.1075/intp.00071.cui

Discussion published In: Interpreting
Vol. 24:1 (2022) ► pp.140–146

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How plagiarism passes peer review

Reflection on a handbook editor’s experience

Ying Cui | Shandong University

Published online: 3 December 2021

https://doi.org/10.1075/intp.00071.cui

Article outline

1.Some facts about the Handbook
2.Peer review of the plagiarized chapter
3.The need for an open evaluation system backed up by technological tools
- 3.1A major flaw in pre-publication peer review
- 3.2Untrustworthiness of plagiarists’ warranty
- 3.3Plagiarists’ manipulation of content
- 3.4Citation of retracted papers
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