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Combating plagiarism: a shared responsibility.

Combating plagiarism: a shared responsibility.

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Rathod, Sujit. Combating plagiarism: a shared responsibility. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. 2010; 7:173-75. Cut, copy, paste - is so easy to do that many people do it! We once had a journal editor sharing with us, how an author had taken one of his publications, simply reordered the paragraphs and submitted the same! While most authors do not go to this extreme, we still do see many instances of plagiarism, which we suspect are mostly due to ignorance of details. This article by Dr. Rathod specially highlights the responsibilities of the scientific community as well as observers and readers…
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Plagiarism, copyright violation, duplication, fabrication, false statements, breach of research and publication ethics.

Plagiarism, copyright violation, duplication, fabrication, false statements, breach of research and publication ethics.

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Mahmood KR. Plagiarism, copyright violation, duplication, fabrication, false statements, breach of research and publication ethics. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2009;75:182-3 Once again the issue of various aspects of publication ethics raises its head. The author has pointed out how another article in the journal has a lot of matter from various sources. It is important for authors / potential authors to read articles (this is a Letter to the Editor) like these and understand the rights and wrongs of medical writing / authorship. Do read the author's response and the Editor's remarks to understand the issues well. Strongly recommended for medical students. Appeared…
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Plagiarism Checker

Plagiarism Checker

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Free Online Plagiarism checker. The word "Plagiarism" keeps surfacing every now and then, in several contexts. We know that in the simplest sense it means "copying". But when we sit down to write an article several doubts come up. "If I reference whatever I have copied, does that constitute plagiarism"? "If I copy from my previous article is that plagiarism"? And, if these doubts do not enter our heads, the Editorial Board members ensure that they do! The Free Online Plagiarism Checker (Searchengine reports) checks and points out online sources from where matter may have been copied. Here is a…
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