Distribution of repeated words in medical manuscripts checked out by AMLC system
Qinghai Liu · Bianji xuebao · 2010
The author of this article checked repeated words in 230 manuscripts contributed to the Journal of SUN Yat-sen University(Medical Sciences) by AMLC system provided by CNKI,found that almost 50% of the manuscripts had repeated words to some extend,and it was un-normal distributed of different word-repetition ratio articles,high word-repetition ratio articles were rarely seen.Among them,64 articles were found relatively high word-repetition ratio,and were analyzed deeply from all parts of the articles.Word-repetition marks were more frequently found in the methods,results,and discussion parts than in the Abstract,introduction,and materials parts.Compared with clinical articles,basic research articles showed more word-repetition marks in the introduction,methods,and results parts,but total repetition ratios were not significant.To argue against and reject academic misconducts is a complicated task that needs cooperation from various systems and departments,but journal editors should better bear their responsibilities as gate keepers.