The Plague of Plagiarism: Prevention and Cure!!!

Abstract

Plagiarism is a serious form of scientific misconduct. Literal meaning of the Latin word ''to Plagiare'' is ''to steal or to kidnap''. The act of taking the writings of another person and passing them off as one's own is plagiarism. It implies intellectual theft in the world of medical writing. The ''copy and paste'' culture is becoming rampant all over the world after the advent of electronic publications, and Indian medical literature is no exception. This editorial will enlighten aspiring authors and readers about various forms of plagiarism and reasons for engaging in plagiarism. More so, it will also elaborate on how to prevent and cure this plague. Possible consequences that authors may face on detection of the plagiarism are also discussed. I am concluding my editorial series on medical writing with this last editorial of the year. I sincerely hope that these editorials helped authors and readers and this

Insight into modern-day plagiarism: The science of pseudo research

“…Plagiarists show their talent from copying basic things such as someone's research title, ideas, concepts, hypothesis to extreme copying of text, methodology, data, tabulations, graphs, and even figures. In some instances, plagiarists had been caught copying even images and graphic arts from the internet without crediting them [ 25 ].…”

“…Previous publication of the manuscript in unreviewed predatory journals may also give overconfidence to the inexperienced researcher that no one is going to check. While some novice researchers and students are involving themselves unwittingly in unethical plagiarism activities due to shear insufficient knowledge and awareness in biomedical research ethics and morality [ 25 ].…”

Signing off… As Editor in Chief

“…I am extremely happy to share with you all that the accesses of my articles have crossed unprecedented "40,000" mark as of November 2020. In my first year, I wrote my editorial series on medical writing and ethical aspects of medical writing [2][3][4][5][6][7], second year, I chose the editorial series on gyn-endocrinology [8][9][10][11][12][13], a topic close to my heart, and third year, I had a few guest editorials and some miscellaneous topics of common interest [14][15][16][17][18].…”

Comment on the Editorial “The Plague of Plagiarism: Prevention and Cure!!!”

“…We read the editorial on "The Plague of Plagiarism: Prevention and Cure!!!" with a great interest [1]. The editor concludes that "good ethical research practices as mentioned above will constitute a definite step towards scientific evolution which will help us go in improving quality of health of women and the community at large [1]."…”

“…with a great interest [1]. The editor concludes that "good ethical research practices as mentioned above will constitute a definite step towards scientific evolution which will help us go in improving quality of health of women and the community at large [1]." Indeed, the plagiarism is not uncommon and there are many plagiarisms published in several Obstetrics and Gynecology journals.…”