Cathy Griffin

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

JBJS STATS

  Approximately 2000 submissions annually

  More than half from outside US

  Acceptance rate approximately 10%

  Approximately 1000 active reviewers

Why Cross Check?

  Increasing detection of duplicate submissions and/or plagiarized material

  Limited resources

  Editor fatigue

How much is too much?

  “Redundant (or duplicate) publication is publication of a paper that overlaps substantially with one already published in print or electronic media.” (icmge.org)

CrossCheck Screening Results

  Less than 2% declined for egregious duplication of uncited publication(s)

Declined – No citations

CrossCheck Screening Results

  Approximately 3% returned for explanation, correction, additional citations and/or rephrasing

Returned For Editing

CrossCheck Screening Results

  Follow-up studies and data mined studies get a pass

Accepted - Data Mining

Accepted - Follow Up Study

Summary of Findings

  Rate of declined manuscripts relatively low

  Authors are not uniformly educated on the subject

  Research, research, research

Goals Going Forward

  Increased scrutiny a deterrent

  Raising consciousness

  Decreased publication of plagiarized material