This is the first volume of a book series dedicated to "Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientific and Scholarly Communication". Fighting plagiarism is a the top priority for STM publishing. A practical guide will importantly contribute to the awareness of the relevant communities, bringing to the surface the basic rules and examples from the literature.

(YH (Helen) ZHANG has been as Chief editor of Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A/B & FITEE and Journal Director of Zhejiang University Press for 16 years. She is also a Council Member of ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers), Board Member of PILA/CrossRef, and Vice President of Society of China University Journals, respectively. Helen is very active in STM journal publishing area. She has for many times being invited to give speeches at international conferences, including at the 4th World Conference on Research Integrity in Brazil, the 11th International Conference of Science Editors (in Beijing) and the 12th International Conference of Science Editors (in Mexico) etc. She has published several short papers in Nature and many papers in international journals. In 2010, she received a research fund from Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). And she, with her team, already published many papers focused on CrossCheck guidance: an analysis of typical cases of plagiarism in different disciplines.