Cathy Griffin, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, on the CrossCheck Panel at the Annual Meeting 2009

1. Cathy Griffin
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

2. JBJS STATS
 Approximately 2000 submissions annually
 More than half from outside US
 Acceptance rate approximately 10%
 Approximately 1000 active reviewers

3. Why Cross Check?
 Increasing detection of duplicate submissions
and/or plagiarized material
 Limited resources
 Editor fatigue

4. 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)

5. CrossCheck Screening Results
 Less than 2% declined for egregious
duplication of uncited publication(s)

6. Declined – No citations

7. CrossCheck Screening Results
 Approximately 3% returned for explanation,
correction, additional citations and/or
rephrasing

8. Returned For Editing

9. CrossCheck Screening Results
 Follow-up studies and data mined studies get
a pass

10. Accepted - Data Mining

11. Accepted - Follow Up Study

12. Summary of Findings
 Rate of declined manuscripts relatively low
 Authors are not uniformly educated on the
subject
 Research, research, research

13. Goals Going Forward
 Increased scrutiny a deterrent
 Raising consciousness
 Decreased publication of plagiarized material