Plagiarism as another ethical issue in scientific research
Abstract
The excessive demand for publications results in high plagiarism and duplicate numbers by scientists who take over existing texts into new publications. In addition to serious ethical problems, this practice hinders the generation of original material. In order to reduce the problem, softwares such as eTBLAST are being used to detect plagiarism and repeated papers. Despite the persistence of fraudsters, these tools have helped to reduce these problems; however, the ideal solution would be the basic ethical establishment principles. Therefore, plagiarism has always been a foible that could lead to fraudulent and dishonorable development of science.
Published
Mar 19, 2015
How to Cite
GONÇALVES PINHO, Lia et al.
Plagiarism as another ethical issue in scientific research.
International Archives of Medicine, [S.l.], v. 8, mar. 2015.
ISSN 1755-7682.
Available at: <http://imed.pub/ojs/index.php/iam/article/view/1084>. Date accessed: 09 dec. 2019.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3823/1636.
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Section
Medical Humanities
Keywords
plagiarism; ethical; scientific research

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