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ReviewAnnals of medical and health sciences research2014

Knowing and avoiding plagiarism during scientific writing.

P Mohan Kumar, N Swapna Priya, Svvs Musalaiah, M Nagasree

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Review in Annals of medical and health sciences research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Ethics: The Elixir of Publications.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2025
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  6. Free software applications for authors for writing a research paper.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023
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  9. The Plague of Plagiarism: Prevention and Cure!!!Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2018
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  11. Ignorism.International journal of trichology
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  12. Preparing and Publishing a Scientific Manuscript.Journal of human reproductive sciences
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  13. Plagiarism sensitized.Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society
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  15. Principles and practice of plagiarism: Perpetrators' perspective.Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

P Mohan KumarDepartment of Periodontics, St. Joseph Dental College, Duggirala, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India.
N Swapna PriyaDepartment of Dental Surgery, S.V Medical College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Svvs MusalaiahDepartment of Periodontics, St. Joseph Dental College, Duggirala, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India.
M NagasreeDepartment of Periodontics, St. Joseph Dental College, Duggirala, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plagiarism has become more common in both dental and medical communities. Most of the writers do not know that plagiarism is a serious problem. Plagiarism can range from simple dishonesty (minor copy paste/any discrepancy) to a more serious problem (major discrepancy/duplication of manuscript) when the authors do cut-copy-paste from the original source without giving adequate credit to the main source. When we search databases like PubMed/MedLine there is a lot of information regarding plagiarism. However, it is still a current topic of interest to all the researchers to know how to avoid plagiarism. It's time to every young researcher to know ethical guidelines while writing any scientific publications. By using one's own ideas, we can write the paper completely without looking at the original source. Specific words from the source can be added by using quotations and citing them which can help in not only supporting your work and amplifying ideas but also avoids plagiarism. It is compulsory to all the authors, reviewers and editors of all the scientific journals to know about the plagiarism and how to avoid it by following ethical guidelines and use of plagiarism detection software while scientific writing.

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PlagiarismScientific writingUnethical publication practice

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PMID25364588
PMCPMC4212376

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