Publication volunteers who would like to recommend this option for authors involved with any open plagiarism cases can inform the IPR Office during the review of the case.
The IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Office is pleased to offer an Enhanced Plagiarism Resolution Service (EnPReS) to Society/Council publication volunteers who may be looking for a quick and authoritative decision on the often-challenging complaints involving the inappropriate copying by one author of another author’s work. These types of challenges may occur when a publications volunteer is hard-pressed to fit yet another responsibility into an already over-crowded schedule, or when a particular complaint appears to be especially full of potential difficulties or one that might seem to put a volunteer at some legal risk.
Through EnPReS, the IPR Office staff presents all the related data and documents for the volunteers, including:
Most importantly, staff will propose a final decision on the case, along with the appropriate Corrective Actions as prescribed in the PSPB Operations Manual. All of the data, documents and the proposed decision are conveniently bundled in a single, convenient package for a pub volunteer's full review and final approval. Following the volunteer’s acceptance of the proposed decision, IPR Office staff will manage all remaining correspondence with the author on the volunteer’s behalf.
EnPReS is a fee-based service that goes beyond what is provided by the IPR Office in the standard Core Services. The EnPReS fee accounts for the time staff needs to prepare an EnPReS case, as well as the time and effort that EnPReS will save volunteers. Because some Societies must review many plagiarism cases each year, a bundled discount rate is offered that will reduce the total annual cost.
Please contact the IEEE IPR Office staff for more information or questions about service fees and discounts.
Getting Started
Checklist and Schedule (DOC, 33.5 KB): A list of necessary steps to be taken in any plagiarism case, as well as a recommended schedule for each step.
Plagiarism Review Process Flowchart (PDF, 66 KB): A schematic representation of the process used to adjudicate plagiarism complaints.
PSPB Operations Manual (PDF, 1.2 MB): Publication policies of the IEEE as set by the Publications Services and Products Board and approved by the IEEE Board of Directors. Section 8.2.4 addresses the process for handling allegations of misconduct and includes the Plagiarism Guidelines.
Description of Plagiarism Levels (PDF, 32.2 KB): An excerpt from the PSPB Operations Manual that describes the five plagiarism levels and the corresponding corrective actions for each level.
Reviewing and Concluding
Case Summary Form (DOC, 41.5 KB): This form is used to report all the necessary details of Levels 1 or 2 case requiring approval from the PSPB VP.
Notices of Violation of Publication Principles: A Notice must be posted on all offending papers in Xplore for cases of Levels 1 through 4 plagiarism. Posting a Notice is optional for Level 5 plagiarism.
These letter templates may be used as a basis for official letters that need to be sent to parties involved in plagiarism complaints. All templates are available as Microsoft Word doc files. If another format is needed, please contact the IEEE IPR Office.
Initial Communications
Notifying Authors of Complaint (DOC, 23 KB): Sent at the outset of the case to inform the accused authors of the complaint and to allow them an opportunity to respond. The authors' response will need to be included as part of the ad hoc committee's review.
Notifying Authors of Multiple Submission/Publication (DOC, 22 KB): Sent to authors if they have submitted a manuscript to more than one publication. This letter informs the authors of IEEE policy on multiple submission and publication and may serve as part of the corrective actions described in Section 8.2.4.F of the PSPB Operations Manual.
Dismissed Case-Informing Accused Author (DOC, 21.5 KB): Sent to accused authors if a case is found to have no merit.
Dismissed Case-Informing Complainant (DOC 21.5 KB): Sent to complainants if a case is found to have no merit.
Final Decision
Informing Accused Authors
Additional Letters
Notifying Third-Party Publisher of Final Decision (DOC, 22.5 KB): Sent to outside (non-IEEE) publishers in complaints that involve plagiarized IEEE material that appears in their publication.
Appeal Decision (DOC, 21.5 KB): Sent to notify an author of an appeal decision.
Rejecting Paper Due to Banned Author (DOC, 22 KB): Sent to a group of authors to inform them that their paper has been rejected due to one of the authors being listed on the Prohibited Authors List.