The document discusses issues of scientific integrity in academic publishing, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and self-citation. It provides several examples of authors and journals engaging in these questionable practices, such as a journal editor publishing review articles that cited their own journal's papers to influence the impact factor, and a researcher having over 40 self-citations in a single conference paper. The conclusion advocates for placing great emphasis on scientific integrity in writing, reviewing, and evaluating academic work.

1. Malibu Rohwani

2. Scientific journals are important.
Journals are means for disseminating and
archiving scientific results

3. Plagiarism
Citation manipulation
Duplicate publication

4.  PLAGIARIZED ARTICLE
 M.Sreenivas and T. Srinivas.The transportation:more-for-less criterion.
International Journal of Statistics and Management System, v. 3, n. 1-2, pp. 152-165,
2008
 Plagiarized from
 S.Storøy.The transportation paradox revisited.Posted to Optimization Online
September 2007
 PLAGIARIZED ARTICLE
 M.Sreenivas and T. Srinivas.Effectiveness of distribution network.International
Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management,v. 1, n. 1, pp. 80-86,
2008 (local copy).
 Plagiarized from
 15 key factors that impact your distribution network effectiveness.Tompkins
Associates,The Supply Change Edge
 PLAGIARIZED ARTICLE
 M.Sreenivas and T. Srinivas.The role of transportation in logistics chain.Posted to
Optimization Online October 2007 (local copy).Apparently published in Indian
Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences,v. 4, n. 2, pp. 137-144, 2008.
 Plagiarized from
 Y.-Y.Tseng,W.L.Yue, and M.A.P.Taylor.The role of transportation in the logistics
chain.In K. Satoh, editor,Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation
Studies,v. 5, pp. 1657-1672, 2005

7.  The National Science Foundation (NSF) is
investigating nearly 100 cases of suspected
plagiarism drawn from a single year's worth of
proposals funded by the agency.
 ... In 2005, the NSF IG conducted a pilot study of
nearly 1000 pending proposals and found that
roughly 2.5% contained "significant amounts of
unattributed text," NSF code words for
plagiarism.
 "extrapolating across the 45,000 proposals NSF
receives annually suggests 1300 proposals could
contain plagiarism and 450 to 900 could contain
problematic data."

8.  Jonah Lehrer (American author,
journalist) quit his job at the New Yorker,
after admitting that he fabricated some
quotations from Bob Dylan in his recent
book Imagine: How Creativity Works

9.  Double standard? Plagiarizing journos
get slammed, plagiarizing profs just
shrug it off
 Former Harvard professor Marc Hauser
fabricated, manipulated data
 University of Michigan business school
professor Karl Weick
 Ed Wegman, Frank Fischer, and Karl Weick
 Danut Marcu, mathematician from Bucharest,
Romania has authored ‘more than 377
papers on mathematics and computer
science’.

10. Communications on Pure and Applied
Mathematics (CPAM)
International Journal on Nonlinear
Sciences and Numerical Simulation
(IJNSNS)
SIAM Review Journal (SIREV)

11.  The journal contributing the most citations to the IJNSNS 2008 IF
was a conference proceedings, organized and edited by the
IJNSNS EIC. It had 366 citations to IJNSNS and 353 citations of the
EIC (Ji Huan He) himself.
 The EIC of J. Gerontology A authored and published a review
article every January focusing on the preceding two years. E.g., in
January 2004, his article The Top 10 Hot Topics in Aging had 277
references, 195 of which were to J. Gerontology A in 2002 or 2003.
 Instructions to Authors, Balkan Journal of Geometry and Its
Applications:
In order to preserve a high quality of our journals, the Editorial
Board has established the following rules:
a) is advisable for each accepted paper to contain citations to
articles published during 2006-2008 in our journals. . .

12.  IJNSNS EIC:
 “Rising Star” in
Computer Science in
2008
 “New Hot Paper” in
Physics in 2008
 “Hot Paper” in
Mathematics in 2008
 “Fast Breaking
Paper” in
Engineering in 2008
 “Hottest Research of
2007–08” (1 of 13 in
all fields of science)
 “Hottest Research of
2009” (1 of 12)

13.  CONCLUSION
 We suggest a concept of the flying vehicles, which might be found applications in
the nearfuture.

16. Tansu, N., Zhao, H., Zhang, J.,
Liu, G., Li, X.-H., Ee,Y.-K., Song,
R., Huang,
G.S. 2011 Proceedings of
SPIE - The International Society
for Optical Engineering 7954,
art.no. 795418
World highest?
40 self citations
Out of 49
references

19.  Novel approaches for high-efficiency InGaN quantum wells light-emitting diodes:Device physics and epitaxy
engineering Tansu,N., Zhao, H., Zhang,J.,Liu, G.,Li, X.-H.,Ee,Y.-K., Song,R., Huang, G.S. 2011 Proceedings
of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7954, art. no.795418
 This paper has 40 self references toTansu
 Zhang,J.,Zhao, H.,Tansu,N. 2011 Gain characteristics of deep UV AlGaN quantum wells lasers
 Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7953, art.no. 79530H
 This paper has 27 self references toTansu
 Enhancement of light extraction efficiency of InGaN quantum wells light-emitting diodes using TiO2
microsphere arrays Li, X.-H.,Ee,Y.-K.,Song, R.,Tansu,N. 2011 Proceedings of SPIE - The
 International Society for Optical Engineering 7954, art.no. 79540U
 This paper has 27 self references toTansu
Thermoelectric properties of MOCVD-grown AlInN alloys with various compositions Zhang,J.,Tong,H., Liu, G.,
Herbsommer,J.A.,Huang, G.S.,Tansu,N. 2011 Proceedings of SPIE - TheInternational Society for Optical
Engineering 7939, art.no. 79390O
 This paper has 27 self references toTansu
 Cathodoluminescence characteristics of linearly shaped staggered InGaN quantum wells light-emitting diodes
Zhao,H., Zhang,J.,Liu, G.,Toma,T.,Poplawsky,J.D.,Dierolf,V.,Tansu,N.2011 Proceedings of SPIE - The
International Society for Optical Engineering 7939, art.no.793905
 This paper has 27 self references toTansu
 Analysis of thermoelectric properties of AlInN semiconductor alloys Zhang,J.,Tong,H.,Herbsommer, J.A.,
Tansu,N. 2011 Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for OpticalEngineering 7933, art.no. 79330X
 This paper has 28 self references toTansu
 176 self citations from 6 papers in a single SPIE Conference

20.  Becoming editor or guest editor of a journal
“you cite my article only once in your 40
references. Consequently, I kindly ask
you to add references of my articles to
your present article”.

21. IEEE OSA Journal of Display Technology
Special Issue Volume 9, Issue 4 & 5
(April,May 2013).
Recent advances in solid state lighting
Guest Editor: Nelson Tansu

22.  Issue 5 special issue = 160 citations to Tansu
 Effects of H2 in GaN barrier spacer layer of InGaN/GaN multiple
quantum-well light-emitting diodes. Lai,W.-C.,Yang,Y.-Y. 2013
 10 citations to Tansu
 Investigating the effect of piezoelectric polarization on GaN-based
LEDs with different quantum barrier thickness.Wang, C.K., Chiang,
T.H., Chen, K.Y., Chiou,Y.Z., Lin,T.K., Chang, S.P., Chang, S.J.
 9 citations to Tansu
 Lateral current spreading effect on the efficiency droop in GaN
based light-emitting diodes. Huang, S., Fan, B., Chen, Z., Zheng, Z.,
Luo, H.,Wu, Z.,Wang, G., Jiang, H.
 8 citations to Tansu
 Effect of polarization-matched n-type AlGaInN electron-blocking
layer on the optoelectronic properties of blue InGaN light-
emitting diodes. Li,Y., Gao,Y., He, M., Zhou, J., Lei,Y., Zhang, L., Zhu,
K., Chen,Y.
 11 citations to Tansu

23.  Issue 6 special issue = 120 citations to Tansu
 FDTD Analysis on Extraction Efficiency of GaN Light-Emitting DiodesWith
Microsphere Arrays Zhu,P. ; Liu, G. ; Zhang, J. ;Tansu, N. 12 citations to Tansu
 Light Extraction Efficiency Enhancement of III-Nitride Light-Emitting Diodes by
Using 2-D Close-Packed Microsphere Arrays Xiao-Hang Li ; Peifen Zhu ; Guangyu
Liu ; Jing Zhang ; Renbo Song ;Yik-Khoon Ee ; Kumnorkaew,P. ; Gilchrist,J.F. ;Tansu,
N. 11 citations to Tansu
 Design and Analysis of “Chess Board” Like Photonic Crystal Structure for Improved
Light Extraction in GaN/InGaN LEDs Patra, S.K.; Adhikari,S. ; Pal,S. 9 citations to
Tansu
 Improved Light Extraction Efficiency of Nonpolar a-Plane GaN-Based LEDs Based
on Embedded Pyramid-Shape Air-Gap Structure Park,M.J.; Hwang, S.J.; Kim,H.J. ;
Jung,S. ; Bang, K.H. ; Kim,H.G. ; Chang,Y. ; Choi,Y. ; Kwak,J.S. 11 citations to Tansu
 GaN-Based Light-Emitting DiodesWith Step Graded-Refractive Index Micropillar
Array Hung-Ming Chang ;Ya-YuYang ;Wei-Chih Lai ; Shuguang Li ;Yu-Ru Lin ; Zhi-
Yong Jiao ; Shoou-Jinn Chang9 citations to Tansu
 InGaN-Based Resonant-Cavity Light-Emitting Diodes FabricatedWith a Distributed
Bragg Reflector and Metal Reflector for Visible Light Communications Chia-Lung
Tsai ; Chih-TaYen ;Wei-Jhih Huang ; Zhong-Fan Xu ; Sun-Chien Ko 14 citations to
Tansu

24. If you count tree rings to estimate the
age, the trees don’t start producing extra
rings. Counting papers or citations is
different.

25.  We should place great emphasis on
scientific integrity, in what we write and
what we review.
 Ask yourself some questions before lending
your name to a journal as an editor.
 Where a publication count, or a citation
number, or an impact factor is brought in as
a measure of quality, raise an objection.
 Let people know how easily citations can be,
and are being, manipulated.