ABSTRACT
While plagiarism is an obvious hard foul from the point of view of research misconduct, there are other behaviors in publication that are also inappropriate or, at a minimum, questionable. Many of them are at least related to, if not some form of plagiarism, but are different enough in their actual behavior to warrant their own separate coverage. A research team has a diverse array of projects, including the invention of new synthetic methodology and the discovery of new compounds with anticancer potential. The synthetic community has no compulsion to regularly check the drug discovery publications for synthetic techniques. Substantive objections should be taken more seriously and can rightfully hold up a publication. Although it is true that the Principle Investigator has the final say in authorship, there are conventions that most researchers adhere to.
