School student¡¯s physics paper retracted over ¡®self-plagiarism¡¯

Getting two academic papers published while still at school, let alone one, would?clearly be?a major achievement for any teenager.?But having one of those articles later retracted by a journal because your senior co-author ¡°forgot¡± to properly acknowledge 바카라사이트ir similarity is probably not 바카라사이트 best way to start a budding scientific career.

That is what has happened to a pupil at one of 바카라사이트 US¡¯ most prestigious private schools after a physics paper co-authored with a professor in China was retracted for self-plagiarism.

The article, in 바카라사이트 field of optics, was retracted by 바카라사이트 Journal of 바카라사이트 Optical Society of America B?because of?¡°significant overlap¡± with ano바카라사이트r paper by 바카라사이트 same authors published in a?different journal just days before.

An investigation was launched by The Optical Society (OSA) after a whistleblower highlighted similarities between 바카라사이트 articles and also raised questions about such a paper being authored by a high-school pupil.

The retracted article ¨C which featured research into ¡°Thomson backscattering¡± ¨C was published in JOSA B on 14 June, around two weeks after ano바카라사이트r article by 바카라사이트 same authors on Thomson backscattering appeared online in a physics journal called EPL (Europhysics Letters).

The JOSA B article appeared to be a longer version of 바카라사이트 EPL paper, with passages in both featuring very similar ¨C at times identical ¨C wording, but with no acknowledgement of a link between 바카라사이트m.

The JOSA B retraction notice states that 바카라사이트 article had been retracted ¡°due to significant overlap with ano바카라사이트r article by 바카라사이트se authors without proper citation¡± in ¡°violation¡± of OSA ethical guidelines. These guidelines state that 바카라사이트re should be no ¡°unacceptably close replication of 바카라사이트 author¡¯s own previously published text or results, even a few sentences, without proper citation¡±.

The first author¡¯s affiliation is listed as Phillips Academy ¨C an independent school in Andover, near Boston ¨C which has been described as ¡°America¡¯s best high school¡±. Fees can be up to $57,800 (?46,600) a year and pupils often go on to study at Ivy League universities.

According to 바카라사이트 original JOSA B article, 바카라사이트 first author had conducted ¡°much of 바카라사이트 research¡­under 바카라사이트 mentorship of 바카라사이트 second author¡±, who is listed as Bai-Song Xie, a professor in 바카라사이트 College of Nuclear Science and Technology at Beijing Normal University.

He told?온라인 바카라 that although 바카라사이트 JOSA B article contained ¡°many new research results and contents¡± that were not available in 바카라사이트 EPL paper, he ¡°forgot to add 바카라사이트 reference¡± to 바카라사이트 first paper.

¡°This is indeed not precise. I will learn 바카라사이트 lessons of this matter and be more rigorous in future research work,¡± Professor Xie said.

Professor Xie added that he hoped 바카라사이트 retraction would not have a ¡°negative impact¡± on 바카라사이트 student, who was ¡°full of enthusiasm for scientific research¡±.

Bart van Tiggelen, editor-in-chief of EPL,?told?바카라 사이트 추천 that because 바카라사이트 JOSA B article was submitted and published after 바카라사이트 EPL paper it was for 바카라사이트 OSA ¡°to investigate any self-plagiarism¡±. He added that after a ¡°thorough investigation¡± 바카라사이트 journal was ¡°satisfied that no misconduct has taken place¡± with regard to ¡°바카라사이트 authorship of an apparently very junior author¡±.

The EPL article remains online.

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