Nature Publishing Group uses CrossCheck to check articles at the Accepted In Principle stage across 83 journals. CrossCheck checks take between 3 minutes to 1 hour to complete. Nature has educated authors and staff on CrossCheck through their policy pages and author guides. CrossCheck integrates with Nature's tracking systems. While no pure cases of plagiarism have been found, Nature has found missing citations and copied references. Nature requests enhancements to CrossCheck like improved help files and the ability to export reports.

1. Nature Publishing Group
& CrossCheck
Tara Packer
Head of Author & Referee Services
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3. CrossCheck at NPG
 NPG Journals began using the system January 2009
 83 individual journal accounts
 Checking articles at Accepted In Principle stage
 Ease of use (3 mins to 1 hour)
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4. Educate…..
 CrossCheck information added to policy pages
 CrossCheck information added to Guides to Authors
 Educating authors
 Educating assistants
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5. Integration with Tracking Systems
 eJournalPress
 Manuscript Central
 Editorial Manager
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6. If CrossCheck reports a positive,
NPG then looks for …..
 Similar extensive paraphrasing
 Similar order of presentation
 Similar methodology throughout
 Similar figures
 Reference list in almost same & in similar order
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7. What has NPG found?
 We have not found any pure cases of plagiarism
 Missing citations
 References are copied
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8. Enhancement requests
 Comprehensive help file
 Facility to export a PDF of the reports
 Check all aspects of paper
 Knowing what is planned for the future by iParadigms
would be most helpful
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9. Thank you!
Tara Packer
t.packer@us.nature.com
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