<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:14 AM, fatima zuhra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fateeshah@yahoo.com" target="_blank">fateeshah@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit"><div>Dear all,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I want to know if someone shares a copy of his/her research work with another person for review or checking purpose and the other person sends that for publication (claiming the authorship) then how the researcher will prove that it is his/her own research and not that of the other one?</div>
</td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are several ways in which this can be done, but they're all generally tricky and time consuming. There is a (sub)discipline called forensic linguistics that could analyze the language used in the publication and determine who's writing style it shows. There is another discipline called digital forensics that could examine the relevant computers and see on which computer the document was written --- obviously if you have old drafts on your computer and I don't have any on mine, then you were the author.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Or more simply, you can simply complain to the relevant journal editor and ask them to investigate. Editors tend to take this kind of issue quite seriously.</div><div><br></div><div>If you're interested in learning more about this from a theoretical perspective, you can go to <a href="http://evllabs.com">evllabs.com</a> and check out the JGAAP computer program (and associated monograph) that describes how this is done. I'll be happy to explain more.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If, on the other hand, this is not merely a theoretical issue, but an actual problem --- I am associated with a consulting company called Juola and Associates (we haven't yet set up our web site or I'd send you there) and my business manager, Patrick Brennan (<a href="mailto:pbrennan@jcomputing.com">pbrennan@jcomputing.com</a>), would be happy to look into the problem for you. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Warmest regards,</div><div>Patrick (Juola) </div></div>