12-10-2022, 07:40 PM
Agree with Goose. If the post-doc did this without his knowledge, it’s a forgivable breach of oversight, but, to be honest, even the most diligent PI is not going to run forensic software on everything their grad students and post-docs work on. If he had knowledge or instigated it, he should be done for, period.
That’s why the investigation is so important.
WIM, FYI, an academic journal is a bit different than most, because the paper authors don’t have editorial control. Errata are few and far between, mostly because people publish and move on. The fact that MTL notified the journal and submitted an erratum is a significant mitigating factor. That he didn’t bug the journal about its status is a non-issue.
BC
That’s why the investigation is so important.
WIM, FYI, an academic journal is a bit different than most, because the paper authors don’t have editorial control. Errata are few and far between, mostly because people publish and move on. The fact that MTL notified the journal and submitted an erratum is a significant mitigating factor. That he didn’t bug the journal about its status is a non-issue.
BC