TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A starring aesculapian journal, the British Journal of Sports Medicine, has retracted 9 much articles written by its erstwhile editor-in-chief and applied “expressions of concern” connected 38 further articles connected which helium is the sole writer and that were published successful BMJ journals.
This is the latest improvement successful the investigation, which concerns imaginable plagiarism and misrepresentation of accusation successful articles that were written solely by Paul McCrory, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
The diary retracted 9 much nonresearch articles successful summation to the retraction earlier this twelvemonth of an editorial helium wrote. In that editorial, determination were concerns it shared similarities with a portion published successful the diary Physics World. The researcher connected that portion made the archetypal allegations astir work misconduct.
These latest articles were each sentiment pieces, commentaries, and editorials. Five progressive cases of plagiarism, 3 of redundant publication, and 1 successful which the BMJ said McCrory misrepresented the presumption of Augustus Thorndike, M.D., successful a 1952 work connected managing sports information aft a concussion. McCrory utilized this misrepresentation to enactment his stance successful the article, the BMJ said. BMJ besides placed expressions of interest connected 38 different pieces authored solely by McCrory aft an interior investigation, according to a diary quality release.
The diary published an editorial online Oct. 10 that describes the probe and highlights McCrory’s astir influential work, which were planetary statement guidelines connected concussion from 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. They were each published successful the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
McCrory edited the British Journal of Sports Medicine betwixt 2001 and 2008. He is present astatine the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health successful Melbourne, Australia. He resigned his enactment presumption successful the Concussion successful Sport Group aft the allegations were made. He besides near his relation arsenic subordinate of the Scientific Committee of the International Consensus Conference connected Concussion successful Sport.
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