Apparent plagiarism leads Elsevier to retract periodic table book
Chemist contacted by suspicious Wikipedia editor finds that large sections were lifted from online encyclopaedia
Elsevier has retracted a whole book about the periodic table after it came to light that significant portions appear to be plagiarised from Wikipedia. Published and retracted last year, The Periodic Table: Nature’s Building Blocks: An Introduction to the Naturally Occurring Elements, Their Origins and Their Uses, addresses minerals and their elements and covers the history of the periodic table.