On 2014 Jan 25, Jeffrey Beall commented:

This 2012 article contains the following text:

Such a mild heat shock elicited a heat shock response, characterized by the synthesis of new heat shock proteins normally almost absent in tissues of adult animals and by an increased synthesis of constitutively present or cognate heat shock proteins. This event was followed by a transient increased tolerance to high, normally lethal temperatures (thermotolerance). Later it was found that not only the tolerance to enhanced temperature increases, but also the resistance toward other events like hypoxia, ischemia, inflammation, and exposure to such cellular toxins as heavy metals, endotoxins, and reactive oxygen species (cross-tolerance), all imposing serious stress upon tissues and their composing cells [29].

The text does not occur within quotation marks. The reference number 29 appears as an endnote like this: [29] Tissières A et al. J Mol Biol. 1974 84: 389[PMID: 4219221].

However, the above text is matches exactly the text from this 2001 source: http://physrev.physiology.org/content/81/4/1461.full?related-urls=yes&legid=physrev;81/4/1461. The matching text makes up about the second half of the first paragraph in the introduction. The source is a completely different article from the given footnote.

I think this unattributed copying is common in the journal Bioinformation, and question whether the journal should continue to be included in PMC. Thank you.

On 2014 Jan 25, Jeffrey Beall commented:

This 2012 article contains the following text:

Such a mild heat shock elicited a heat shock response, characterized by the synthesis of new heat shock proteins normally almost absent in tissues of adult animals and by an increased synthesis of constitutively present or cognate heat shock proteins. This event was followed by a transient increased tolerance to high, normally lethal temperatures (thermotolerance). Later it was found that not only the tolerance to enhanced temperature increases, but also the resistance toward other events like hypoxia, ischemia, inflammation, and exposure to such cellular toxins as heavy metals, endotoxins, and reactive oxygen species (cross-tolerance), all imposing serious stress upon tissues and their composing cells [29].

The text does not occur within quotation marks. The reference number 29 appears as an endnote like this: [29] Tissières A et al. J Mol Biol. 1974 84: 389[PMID: 4219221].

However, the above text is matches exactly the text from this 2001 source: http://physrev.physiology.org/content/81/4/1461.full?related-urls=yes&legid=physrev;81/4/1461. The matching text makes up about the second half of the first paragraph in the introduction. The source is a completely different article from the given footnote.

I think this unattributed copying is common in the journal Bioinformation, and question whether the journal should continue to be included in PMC. Thank you.