Plagiarism

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April 17, 2017

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 Plagiarism Definition

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/)
I Plagiarize means:
transitive verb: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
another) as ones own : use (anothers production) without
crediting the source
intransitive verb: to commit literary theft : present as new and
original an idea or product derived from an existing source
I Plagiarism means:
act of copying the ideas or words of another person without
giving credit to that person

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 Importance of Plagiarism

I Plagiarism is theft of intellectual property.

I Plagiarism is cheating.
I Plagiarism may result in receiving a failing grade or zero
Lack of Knowledge about Plagiarism
I It does not matter if the person whose work you have cited is
alive or dead. If it is not your own idea, you must cite your
source.
I If you translate or paraphrase something, you must still give a
citation.
I If you use a picture from the Internet, you must cite the source.

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 Types of Plagiarism

Intentional:
I Copying a friend's work
I Buying or borrowing papers
I Cutting and pasting blocks of text from electronic sources
without documenting
I Media borrowingwithout documentation
I Web publishing without permissions of creators
Unintentional:
I Careless paraphrasing
I Poor documentation
I Quoting excessively

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 Copying Equations
DO NOT Copy Equation

Figure: Cropped Image from Paper

Rewrite Equation as Follows:

I Take your own meaningful symbols
I Write your own equation
I Provide Citation
C
(X0 + X1 ) + Err0 [Citation]
M

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 Copying Image
DO NOT Copy Image

Figure: Image Directly Copied from Paper [Citation]

Draw your own image and Cite it. OR

Request to Copyright Holder to use it and Cite it.

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 Need of Publishing Paper

According to G. Whitesides, Adv. Mater., 2004, 16,

1375
A paper is an organized description of hypotheses, data and
conclusions, intended to instruct the reader. If your research does
not generate papers, it might just as well not have been done.

According to E.H. Miller 1993

If it wasn't published, it wasn't done

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 Consequences - Real Life Examples

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 Guideline for Authors

I On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in

Research; National Academy Press, Wash. D.C, 1995
(http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/)
I IEEE Policy Statement on Self-Plagiarism
(www.comsoc.org/pubs/jrnal/transcom/Self Plagiarism.pdf)
I Managing Allegations of Scientific Misconduct: A
Guidance Document for Editors, January 2000, Office of
Research Integrity, Office of Public Health and Science, U.S.
Dept. of Health and Human Services http://ori.dhhs.gov

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 Thank You
Fact and Common Knowledge Do not need Citation

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