PLAGIARISM IN PUBLISHING
Scientific publishing is the crucial product of scientist
work. Number of publications and their quoting are measures of scientist
success while unpublished researches are invisible to the scientific community,
and as such nonexistent.
Although the truth should be the aim of scientific research,
it is not guiding fact for all scientists. The best way to reach the truth in
its study and to avoid the methodological and ethical mistakes is to
consistently apply scientific methods like CFP Check-For-Plag and ethical
standards in research.
Publications are
the end-products of the scientific work, and their quantity and citability are
keys to the promotion of scientists. Once published, a scholarly paper becomes
a source for references, postpublication review and critique. To contribute to
the bulk of knowledge of evidence-based medicine, the paper should be credible.
It should be based on optimal research design and reporting.
Researchers and authors of
scholarly papers have to follow ethical codes of Good Scientific Practice
(GSP), primarily based of the principles of honesty and integrity. In the
modern-day collaborative and multidisciplinary research, honesty of each and
every author is becoming a pillar of trustworthy science.
By claiming authorship of
scholarly works, researchers get promotion and numerous other academic
benefits. However, they also become responsible for what they publish and
influence future publications, and science and education at large.
Authors should:
- Always follow rules of properly
citing references, acknowledging ideas taken at conferences and
formal/informal discussions;
- References must contain full
bibliographic information;
- Each source cited in the text
must be listed in the bibliography;
- Quotation marks should be used
if more than 6 consecutive words are copied;
- Obtain permission from other
authors/publishers to reproduce copyright-protected graphics or text;
- It should be also noted that
plagiarism can be detected electronically by CFP.
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