Errami, M; Sun, ZH; Long, TC; George, AC; Garner, HR Deja vu: a database of highly similar citations in the scientific literature NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 37: D921-D924 Sp. Iss. SI JAN 2009

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: mounir.errami at utsouthwestern.edu 

Author(s): Errami, M (Errami, Mounir); Sun, ZH (Sun, Zhaohui); Long, TC 
(Long, Tara C.); George, AC (George, Angela C.); Garner, HR (Garner, 
Harold R.) 

Title: Deja vu: a database of highly similar citations in the scientific 
literature 

Source: NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 37: D921-D924 Sp. Iss. SI JAN 2009 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

KeyWords Plus: DUPLICATE PUBLICATION; SURGERY; JOURNALS; ICEBERG; MEDLINE; 
TEXT; TIP 

Abstract: In the scientific research community, plagiarism and covert 
multiple publications of the same data are considered unacceptable because 
they undermine the public confidence in the scientific integrity. Yet, 
little has been done to help authors and editors to identify highly 
similar citations, which sometimes may represent cases of unethical 
duplication. For this reason, we have made available Deja vu, a publicly 
available database of highly similar Medline citations identified by the 
text similarity search engine eTBLAST. Following manual verification, 
highly similar citation pairs are classified into various categories 
ranging from duplicates with different authors to sanctioned duplicates. 
Deja vu records also contain user-provided commentary and supporting 
information to substantiate each document's categorization. Deja` vu and 
eTBLAST are available to authors, editors, reviewers, ethicists and 
sociologists to study, intercept, annotate and deter questionable 
publication practices. These tools are part of a sustained effort to 
enhance the quality of Medline as 'the' biomedical corpus. The Deja vu 
database is freely accessible at http://spore.swmed.edu/dejavu. The tool 
eTBLAST is also freely available at http://etblast.org. 

Addresses: [Errami, Mounir; Sun, Zhaohui; Garner, Harold R.] Univ Texas SW 
Med Ctr Dallas, Div Translat Res, Dallas, TX 75390 USA; [Long, Tara C.; 
George, Angela C.; Garner, Harold R.] Univ Texas SW Med Ctr Dallas, 
McDermott Ctr Human Growth & Dev, Dallas, TX 75390 USA 

Reprint Address: Errami, M, Univ Texas SW Med Ctr Dallas, Div Translat 
Res, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390 USA. 

E-mail Address: mounir.errami at utsouthwestern.edu 

Funding Acknowledgement:  
Funding Agency Grant Number 
Hudson Foundation    
National Institute of Health/National Library of Medicine  R01 LM009758-
01  
 
P.O'B. Montgomery Distinguished Chair ( to H. G.); the Hudson Foundation ( 
to H. G.); National Institute of Health/National Library of Medicine grant 
(R01 LM009758-01 to H. R. G.). Funding for open access charge: P.O'B. 
Montgomery Distinguished Chair.
 
Cited Reference Count: 20 

Times Cited: 1 

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS 

Publisher Address: GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND 

ISSN: 0305-1048 

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn546 

29-char Source Abbrev.: NUCL ACID RES 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Nucleic Acids Res. 

Source Item Page Count: 4 

Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 386TT 

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