March 7, 2009

Combating plagiarism

Editorial

Nature Photonics 3, 237 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.48

Accountability of coauthors for scientific misconduct, guest authorship and deliberate or negligent citation plagiarism, highlight the need for accurate author contribution statements.>>>

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