Abstract:
A CASE OF PLAGIARISM
(Case No. 09222011)
Professor P.M. Mohan, from Pondicherry University, India pointed out a plagiarism in a paper published in Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science Volume 6, 642-648, 2011.
On the receipt of the letter from P.M. Mohan, the case forwarded to the Ethics Committee of the Science Alert. As per the report of the Ethics Committee, article entitled "Molecular Taxonomy of Plectropomus maculates (Serranidae) by DNA Barcode (COI) from Andaman Sea." authored by V. Madhan Chakkaravarthy, C. Raghunathan, K. Venkataraman and M. Gabriel Paulraj, published in Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 6: 642-648. (DOI: 10.3923/jfas.2011.642.648) contains substantial sections of text that have been taken verbatim from earlier publication without clear and unambiguous attribution.
Science Alert considers misappropriation of intellectual property and duplication of text from other authors or publications without clear and unambiguous attribution totally unacceptable.
Plagiarism is a violation of copyright and a serious breach of scientific ethics. The Editors and Publisher have agreed to officially retract this article.
Science Alert is highly thankful to Prof. P.M. Mohan, Head, Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Post Bag No.26, Junglighat, Port Blair - 744103, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India for pointing out this plagiarism.
Detail of article from which text has been copied by V. Madhan Chakkaravarthy, C. Raghunathan, K. Venkataraman and M. Gabriel Paulraj:
Mohan, P.M., V. Sachithanandam, P. Dhivya, R. Baskaran, N. Muruganandam, I. K. Chaaitinya and P. Vijayachari, 2010. Molecular Taxonomy of Serranidae (Plectropomus maculates) using DNA Barcode (Cytochrome C. Oxidase-I) from Andaman Coast, Port Blair, India. First National Conference on Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering. December 2010, pp: 92