Medical Manuscript Editing - Types of Plagiarism

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Medical Manuscript Editing Avoid these 8 Types
of Plagiarism
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Medical Manuscript Editing

• Plagiarism, also known as literary theft, is the
  practice of using others
• work or ideas in your medical manuscript without
  giving them due credit and passing them off as
  your own in publication journals to gain
  recognition.
• Though its not a new phenomenon in research, but
  with technology, it has become easier than ever
  to uncover the instances of plagiarism.
• While analyzing a document, its important to
  determine whether
• plagiarism was intentional or unintentional. The
  degree and frequency of
• plagiarism must also be noted.
• This requires a complete knowledge about the
  various types of plagiarism
• so that you can pinpoint such instances in your
  document, remove them, and prevent your
  manuscript from rejection.

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• Here are the various types of plagiarism and how
• they occur.

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1) Complete Plagiarism

• Complete plagiarism is the most severe form of
• plagiarism. Here a researcher copies the entire
• manuscript of another researcher and submits it
• under his or her name. Even if he paraphrases the
  sentences in the document before submitting, it
  is a case of plagiarism.

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  2) Source-based Plagiarism

• Citing the referral sources in your manuscript is
  
• necessary. But if you cite an incorrect source or
  one that does not exist, its misleading and
  plagiarism.
• Further, if you use a secondary source of data or
  information but only cite the primary source of
• information, it is an act of plagiarism.
• Data fabrication and falsification also surmount
• plagiarism. Data fabrication is the act of making
  up of the data and research findings. Data
  falsification
• includes changing or omitting any data to give a
• false impression.

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3) Direct Plagiarism

• When an author copies the text of another author
• word-to-word without using quotation marks or
• attribution and passes it as his or her own, it
  is called
• direct plagiarism. Though similar to the complete
  
• plagiarism, direct plagiarism refers to the
  sections of the text rather than the whole. Such
  plagiarism is against
• the ethics of scientific writing and calls for a
• disciplinary action.

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4) Self or Auto Plagiarism

• When an author reuses significant text from
• his/her published work without attribution, it is
  
• known as self-plagiarism. This form of plagiarism
  
• involves published researchers rather than the
• University students.
• Many journals have strict criteria on the
• percentage of the authors work that can be
  reused. Thats why they use plagiarism detection
  software
• before sending the document for a review.

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5) Paraphrasing plagiarism

• The most common, it involves the use of others
• writing with some minor changes in the sentences
• and passing it as ones own. Though the words
  differ, the idea originally belongs to someone
  else and if
• you steal it without attribution, it is an act of
  
• plagiarism.

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  6) Inaccurate Authorship

• Inaccurate authorship can happen in two ways
• When many authors contribute to a manuscript, but
  all do not get the credit for their work.
• A person who didnt contribute to the work gets
  the
• credit of an author.
• Whichever way, its a violation of the code of
  conduct
• in research and an act of plagiarism. Even when
• someone edits the manuscript and makes
  significant
• changes in it, his contribution should be
  acknowledged
• during publication.

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7) Mosaic Plagiarism

• When an author interposes someone elses phrases
  or
• text within his own research, it becomes
  difficult to
• detect and is called mosaic plagiarism. It is
  always
• intentional and dishonest.

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8) Accidental Plagiarism

• Sometimes plagiarism may occur accidentally due
  to neglect, mistake, or unintentional
  paraphrasing.

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• So, keep these types of plagiarism in mind and
• avoid them while writing your own manuscript. If
  you have accidentally used someone elses work,
• remove those plagiarized areas during 
• medical manuscript editing. Because whether
• intentional or unintentional, plagiarism is
  always unacceptable and a punishable offence.

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• Reach our professional
• medical manuscript editing services to
• avoid plagiarism and manuscript
• rejection.

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