PLAGIARISM

Abstract

Plagiarism is stealing and passing off the ideas or words of others as one’s own without crediting the source and portraying the ideas as original despite deriving from an existing source. It is a grave academic dishonesty and should be deplored solemnly. It is in wide practice in developed as well as underdeveloped countries. Availability of tremendous amount of scientific knowledge on internet has made ‘copy and paste’ phenomenon so easy that plagiarism has gone rampant. Plagiarism is a phenomenon that is generally under estimated by the authors, however it can lead to serious embarrassment for them causing irreparable damage to their repute in the scientific community. Plagiarism can be avoided by paraphrasing, proper citation and the use of quotations. Plagiarism is a serious scientific misconduct and cannot be overlooked, hence, all the stake holders should realize their responsibility to abolish the practice from medical journalism.

Pak J Physiol 2014;10(1–2):1–2