Marek Kimmel's book, Branching Processes in Biology, published by Springer, constitutes plagiarism.   Many sections of Kimmel's work have been lifted verbatim from other authors without due citation. 

 

This act, not only violates academic norms and intellectual property laws but also severely impacts the authenticity and trust attached to scholarly literature. Kimmel has misused the faith vested in him and presents copied content as his own, without the use of quotation marks or attributed references.

By doing so, Kimmel undermines not just his own credibility but also jeopardizes the sanctity of academic research, sowing seeds of doubt and mistrust among readers, researchers, and contributors alike.

 

• page 39 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p5 in Harris (1963)

 

• p40 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p4 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p40-41 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p6 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p45 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p7  in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p46 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p7-p8  in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p48 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p13 in Harris (1963)

 

• p48 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p9 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p49 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p25 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p50 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p19--20 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p73 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p103 of Harris (1963)

 

• p74 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p103 of Harris (1963)

 

• p88 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from  p138 of Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p89 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p144-145 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p90 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from   p146-151 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p91 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from   p152 of Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• 5.14 p91 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p143 in Harris (1963)

 

• p130-131 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p35--38 of Harris (1963)

 

• p132 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p186 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p158-160 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from Sagitov (2013)

 

• p174 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p16 of Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p183—184 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p354 of Olofsson & Bertuch (2010) 

 

• p202 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p6 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p200—203 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from  p74-91 in Mathaes (2009). This Mathaes thesis has been republished three times under different authors’ names.

 

• p221—222 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p182 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p225 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p250 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p226—227 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p129—130 in Harris (1963)

 

• p231 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p150 and p175 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p232 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p146 in Athreya & Ney (1972)

 

• p232 of Kimmel (2015) is plagiarized from p161 of Harris (1963)

Springer is duty-bound to  uphold the uphold the principle of originality in academia.  We request Springer to:

• retract the plagiarized Book “Branching Processes in Biology” (ISBN 10-1475777124 ; ISBN 13-9781475777123)
• add the plagiarist Marek Kimmel to Springer's  blacklist to prevent further academic misconduct
• publicly condemn the plagiarist Marek Kimmel to uphold the integrity of scholarly publishing 

We urge you to help us bring this grave issue to Springer.  Please kindly sign this petition,  uphold the sanctity of original thought, and support our call for transparency and authenticity in academic research. 

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