8 The authors get benefit in the form of increased number of published papers. Self plagiarism: “Publication of one's own data that have already been published is not acceptable since it distorts scientific record.” 1 Self-plagiarized publications do not contribute to scientific work they just increase the number of papers published without justification in scientific research. If it is not referenced, it will amount to plagiarism Just changing words cannot make it the property of borrower hence, this should be properly referenced. Changing a few words of the original sentences does not make it your writing. Paraphrasing is a restatement in your own words, of someone else's ideas. Paraphrasing: If one rewrites any part/paragraph of manuscript in his/her own words it is called paraphrasing. This is copying and pasting in patchy manner 2 Mosaic plagiarism: In this type of plagiarism each word is not copied but it involves mixing ones own words in someone else's ideas and opinions. Most commonly, it is seen in introduction and discussion part of manuscript 2, 7 Copy and paste from a published article without referencing is a common form of verbatim plagiarism. Verbatim plagiarism: When one submits someone else's words verbatim in his/her own name without even acknowledging him publically. It may occur at any stage of planning, research, writing or publication it applies to print and electronic versions.” In 1999, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) 5, 6 defined plagiarism as “Plagiarism ranges from the unreferenced use of others’ published and unpublished ideas including research grant applications to submission under new authorship of a complex paper, sometimes in a different language. The World Association of Medical Editors 4 (WAME) defines plagiarism as “… the use of others’ published and unpublished ideas or words (or other intellectual property) without attribution or permission and presenting them as new and original rather than derived from an existing source.” Honesty in scientific practice and in publication is necessary. 3 It is also a violation of copyright laws. Plagiarism has been defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica as “the act of taking the writings of another person and passing them off as ones own.” 2 It is an act of forgery, piracy, and fraud and is stated to be a serious crime of academia. 1 The word plagiarism entered the Oxford English dictionary in 1621. Plagiarism is derived from Latin word “ plagiarius” which means “kidnapper,” who abducts the child. The editorial team tries to help out our readers, so that their hidden instinct of writing their own work could be made true.
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In forthcoming issues, we are planning to discuss “Ethics in publication,” How to write Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Referencing, Title, Abstract, and Keywords, and then how to write case report which is acceptable. In this issue, we will be discussing the plagiarism. In one of our last editorials, we discussed indexing.
For that reason, we have decided to educate our members by publishing an editorial on “How to write a paper?,” which is likely to be published soon. Therefore, we have decided to encourage more and more publications, especially from our own country. Often, we note that we (Indian Journal of Orthopaedics) receive more articles from China, Turkey, and South Korea (abroad) instead of from our own country though the journal is an official publication of Indian Orthopaedic Association.
Writing has been made mandatory for promotions in certain departments, so the clinicians are more inclined to publish. Any clinician or an academician, has a hidden desire to publish his/her work in an indexed journal.