Anecdote from Editors Desk Anecdote 6- A Curious Case of Ethical Misconduct

摘要

Few weeks back, I was invited to review a case report (article A) bythe Editorial team of Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research(JCDR). It was an international submission that dealt with cochlearimplant candidacy in two children with relatively uncommon clinicalsituations of bilateral cochlear dysplasia associated with multipledysplasia/hypoplasia/aplasia of the vestibular system, vestibulo-cochlear nerve and facial nerve. These are known challenges fora cochlear implant surgical team regarding decision-making andthe surgical procedure itself, and thus the article promised aninteresting read. While midway in the review process, I receivedanother e-mail from JCDR requesting me to review a second article(article B) which, according to the Editorial Assistant who seemedlittle alarmed and confused, had the same authors as in article A andhad some overlapping imaging and clinical description. I acceptedthe review request and went on to review and compare both thearticles simultaneously. Both the articles were de-identified by thejournal while being sent to me.