Pathology

Graphics

Readability

Misconduct

Medical education

Computer graphics (images)

Internet privacy

Epistemology

Trustworthiness

Library science

Philosophy

Political science

Programming language

Alternative medicine

Information retrieval

Academic integrity

Quality (philosophy)

Computer science

Plagiarism detection

Medicine

Scientific misconduct

Reumatologia/Rheumatology

Plagiarism is an ethical misconduct affecting the quality, readability, and trustworthiness of scholarly publications. Improving researcher awareness of plagiarism of words, ideas, and graphics is essential for avoiding unacceptable writing practices. Global editorial associations have publicized their statements on strategies to clean literature from redundant, stolen, and misleading information. Consulting related documents is advisable for upgrading author instructions and warning plagiarists of academic and other consequences of the unethical conduct. A lack of creative thinking and poor academic English skills are believed to compound most instances of redundant and "copy-and-paste" writing. Plagiarism detection software largely relies on reporting text similarities. However, manual checks are required to reveal inappropriate referencing, copyright violations, and substandard English writing. Medical researchers and authors may improve their writing skills and avoid the same errors by consulting the list of retractions due to plagiarism which are tracked on the PubMed platform and discussed on the Retraction Watch blog.

Plagiarism detection and prevention: a primer for researchers