Prof KS Rangappa, has been accused of plagiarising an Osmania University research paper published in an Indian journal in October 2009.
Vice-chancellor of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Prof KS Rangappa, has been accused of plagiarising an Osmania University research paper published in an Indian journal in October 2009 and getting the same published in an international science journal within a year.
Osmania University’s professors from the chemistry department—G Vijayalakshmi, M Adinarayana and P Jayaprakash Rao—had prepared a research paper ‘Kinetics of oxidation of adenosine by tert-butoxyl radicals: Protection and repair by chlorogenic acid’ in 2008. The paper was sent to Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics on July 16, 2008, and revised on August 10, 2009. It was published in its edition of October 2009 (Volume 46).
KSOU vice-chancellor Rangappa has allegedly published the same paper in an international journal, Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (Europe) in its April 2010 edition with his name along with those of MN Kumara and DG Bhadregowda in addition to the names of the original authors. Besides, the address for correspondence was that of Rangappa’s.
“We have no collaboration with…any one of the names viz., MN Kumara, DG Bhadregowda and KS Rangappa,” the original authors have said.
The copies published by the original authors and allegedly plagiarised copy published by Rangappa are available with DNA. The plagiarised copy also found its way on the website www.interscience.wiley.com.
The plagiarism came to light by chance when one of the original authors, Adinarayana, was searching for their paper on the internet, and was shocked to find it on the website sourcing it to Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (Europe).
“We immediately sent a letter to John Wiley and Sons, the publishers of that international journal where our paper was published and requested them to remove it from the website. And they responded positively,” said Adinarayana.
“The journal was electronically published without our permission and using our names without our knowledge is a criminal offence. Regarding this we wrote letters to UGC chairman, governor of Karnataka, vice chairman of Karnataka Higher Education Council, and registrar of Mysore University. But we have not received any reply on the action taken against the culprits.”
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