Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery Prof. Dr. Brigitte Jockusch Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Löwer (Sprecher)
Institut für Öffentliches Recht, Abt. Wissenschaftsrecht, Adenauerallee 44, 53113 Bonn
Persönlich/Vertraulich
Geschäftsstelle Finja Meyer Fernsprecher: 0228/737975 Fax: 0228/733957 E-Mail: geschaeftsstelle@ombuds-wissenschaft.de
Dr. Rostyslav Sklyar via e-mail
Internet:
www.ombuds-wissenschaft.de
26. August 2013
Case: A-29/2013 Issue: suspicion of plagiarism Your e-mail of July 14
Dear Dr. Sklyar,
Repetitive publishing to fasten the illusion of novelty at https://issuu.com/home/ published/-nwintracellsens12
Herewith we refer to the above mentioned issue containing a possible case of plagiarism in the paper of Dr. Strehle et al. titled “Outside Looking In: Nanotube Transistor Intracellular Sensor”. While we were checking the evidence, the following questions arose which we need to gain a complete picture in this matter:
(1) The paper mentioned above lists a couple of authors. Why did you accuse Dr. Strehle in particular and not the whole group or – for example – the corresponding author? Is there any (former) academic contact between Dr. Strehle and you?
(2) Did you inform any other authority (for example the Ombudsman of the Harvard University) about this case? Do you intend to do so?
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Jockusch
Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Löwer
Technische Universität Braunschweig Zoologisches Institut - Biozentrum Spielmannstr.7, 38106 Braunschweig
Universität Oldenburg Physikalische Chemie I Postfach 2503, 26111 Oldenburg
Universität Bonn Institut für Öffentliches Recht - Wissenschaftsrecht Adenauerallee 44, 53113 Bonn
email: bmj@tu-bs.de
Katharina.Al.Shamery@uni-oldenburg.de
Fernsprecher: (0228) 73-9280 Fax: (0228) 73-3957 e-mail: loewer@jura.uni-bonn.de