Editing Elsevier (section)

=== Plagiarism ===
Elsevier's 'Duties of Authors' states that authors should ensure they have written entirely original works, and that proper acknowledgement of others' work must always be given. Elsevier claims plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical behaviour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publishing Ethics for Editors |url=https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/publishing-ethics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122121141/https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/publishing-ethics |archive-date=22 January 2021 |access-date=13 January 2021 |website=www.elsevier.com}}</ref> Some Elsevier journals automatically screen submissions for plagiarism,<ref>{{cite web |title=Plagiarism detection |url=https://www.elsevier.com/editors/perk/plagiarism-complaints/plagiarism-detection |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830124203/https://www.elsevier.com/editors/perk/plagiarism-complaints/plagiarism-detection |archive-date=30 August 2018 |access-date=30 August 2018 |publisher=Elsevier}}</ref> but not all.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ivan Oransky |date=23 August 2018 |title=UPDATED: Elsevier retracts a paper on solar cells that appears to plagiarize a Nature journal. But the reason is…odd |url=https://retractionwatch.com/2018/08/23/elsevier-investigating-paper-on-solar-cells-that-appears-to-plagiarize-a-nature-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823210527/https://retractionwatch.com/2018/08/23/elsevier-investigating-paper-on-solar-cells-that-appears-to-plagiarize-a-nature-journal/ |archive-date=23 August 2018 |access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref>

Albanian politician Taulant Muka claimed that Elsevier journal ''[[Procedia]]'' had plagiarized in the abstract of one of its articles. It is unclear whether or not Muka had access to the entirety of the article.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 December 2018 |title=Massive Plagiarism Scandal Hits Albanian Officials without Consequences |url=https://exit.al/en/2018/12/25/massive-plagiarism-scandal-hits-albanian-officials/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233833/https://exit.al/en/2018/12/25/massive-plagiarism-scandal-hits-albanian-officials/ |archive-date=30 December 2018 |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref>