Abstract

A REVIEW ON: PLAGIARISM

Ruchi Bansal* and Sunil Kumar

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Abstract

Plagiarism is the representation of another author's language, thoughts, ideas or expressions as one's own original work. Plagiarism is a major problem for research. In this article elucidate the concept of "plagiarism" and discuss plagiarism normatively in relation to research. We suggest that plagiarism should be understood as "someone using someone else's intellectual product (such as texts, ideas, or results), thereby implying that it is their own" and argue that this is an adequate and fruitful definition. There are many ways in which misconduct in medical research can be defined and the presence of thousands of journals worldwide and ease of access of these articles across the globe has not led to any common name to define this problem. There are many reasons for plagiarism starting from individual and not limiting to institutions, journals, textbooks, research funding agencies or international trials. Previously the only method to detect plagiarism was the ability/experience of the editor or reviewer to detect copies from the original. In addition, intentional plagiarism involves dishonesty. There are, furthermore, a number of potentially negative consequences of plagiarism.

Keywords: Plagiarism, Research, Consequences of plagiarism, Plagiarism Detector.