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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Melissa Davey

Sports concussion expert who resigned amid plagiarism claims accused of copying more articles

Former Western Bulldogs player Liam Picken is assisted off the field after suffering concussion in an Australian Rules (AFL) match in 2017.
Former Western Bulldogs player Liam Picken is assisted off the field after suffering concussion in an Australian Rules (AFL) match in 2017. Photograph: Will Russell/AFL Media/Getty Images

A neurologist who resigned from a global sports concussion organisation amid allegations of plagiarism in a medical journal editorial has been accused of copying material in other articles without attribution.

Dr Paul McCrory, who in 2016 described concussion among NFL players as “overblown” and has advised Australian Rules administrators on the issue, stood down as chair of Concussion in Sport Group (CISG) this week after the British Journal of Sports Medicine retracted the 2005 editorial, citing an “unlawful and indefensible breach of copyright” of the work of Prof Steve Haake.

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