Practice Of Plagiarism Research Articles

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Plagiarism as Reported by Participants Completing the AuthorAID MOOC on Research Writing.

To explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding plagiarism in a large culturally diverse sample of researchers who participated in the AuthorAID MOOC on Research Writing. An online survey was designed and delivered through Google Forms to the participants in the AuthorAID MOOC on Research Writing during April to June 2017. A total of 765 participants completed the survey (response rate 47.8%), and 746 responses were included in the analysis. Almost all participants (97.6%) reported knowledge of the term "plagiarism", and 89.1% of them understand the meaning of the term before joining the course. Most participants reported that their university does not provide access to plagiarism detection software (82.0%), and 35% participants admitted they had been involved in plagiarism during their education. Overall attitudes toward plagiarism (65.3 ± 10.93) indicated low acceptance of plagiarism. Moreover, low scores were reported for approval attitude (25.22 ± 5.63), disapproval attitude (11.78 ± 3.64), and knowledge of subjective norms (20.63 ± 5.22). The most common reason for plagiarizing was lack of time (16.1%), and the most common consequence was the perception that "those who plagiarize are not respected or seen positively" (71.4%). Developing country researchers appear to be familiar with the concept of plagiarism, but knowledge among the participants surveyed here was incomplete. Knowledge about plagiarism and awareness of its harmfulness must be improved, because there is an obvious relationship between attitudes toward plagiarism and knowledge, reasons and consequences. The use of plagiarism-detection software can raise awareness about plagiarism.

Deteksi Kemiripan Abstraksi Tugas Akhir Diploma Informatika Universitas AMIKOM Yogyakarta dengan Algoritma Rabin Karp

The practice of plagiarism in writing is quite common, both public and academic. Plagiarism is an act of abuse, theft, deprivation, publishing, statement, or declaring itself as a thought, idea, writing, or creation that actually belongs to someone else. For manual checking, whether a work is categorized as a work of plagiarism or a book is definitely a long time. Therefore, an application is needed that can detect the level of originality of a work more effectively, efficiently, and accountably. The application process is to find the basic words in the final assignment abstraction with the steaming method being tested. After obtaining the basic words of each word, formed gram and searched for hash values using the Rabin Karp algorithm. The final assignment abstraction hash value will be tested compared to the Final Task abstraction value in the database. It is expected to find out how much the level of plagiarism abstraction with the final task testing mechanism looking for presentation of final assignment similarity abstraction value compared to the final assignment abortion of the database and the comparison results in percent form, stored in the database and displayed in the system sequentially from the total presentation similarity of the biggest to the smallest.

PERCEPTIONS ON PLAGIARISM AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES AT AN EMI UNIVERSITY IN INDONESIA

This study tries to answer two questions, namely 1) What do the lecturers and the students perceive about the practice of plagiarism in L2 writing? 2) What strategies did the lecturers and the students apply to writing L2 to avoid plagiarism? This study aimed at investigating the views of lecturers and students on plagiarism and its implications for teaching and learning at one of the EMI universities in Indonesia. The findings showed that both lecturers and students had negative views towards plagiarism. However, even though plagiarism was considered as an unacceptable behavior, the students would be likely to commit plagiarism under certain circumstances. Back translation was also found to be the most common strategy that the students used to avoid plagiarism. The study finally recommended higher education institutions to equip students with necessary language and writing skills needed in academic settings as early as possible in order for them to avoid plagiarism.

Language Proficiency and Plagiarism Practices among Graduate Students

The English language has been the medium of instruction in most universities and colleges in the world that is common and mostly used to threaten the integrity of the scientific literature and academic community due to plagiarism despite available detection applications. This study aims to determine the Language proficiency and Plagiarism Practices of Graduate Students under Education Program and Non-Education Program and be able to correlate the language proficiency and plagiarism practices. The graduate students from two programs were the sources of data for this study. Pivot Analysis and Correlation matrix process were used to determine the linear correlation of English proficiency scores and plagiarism percentage that was visualized using a Scatter Diagram with Loess Regression Interpolation. The result of the study shows that Education graduate students have higher scores in English Proficiency scores than Non-education graduate students. It also shows that non-graduate students tend to practice more plagiarism compared to the education of graduate students. Linear correlation also shows that there is a strong positive correlation of plagiarism practices among students. It is recommended that universities should be strict in the implementation of plagiarism detection to maintain academic integrity.

Impact of pressure, self-efficacy, and self-competency on students’ plagiarism in higher education

ABSTRACT To explore students’ plagiarism in higher level education, we designed a quantitative study and collected data from enrolled university students from Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. This was done by distributing a web-link for an online survey (Google form) through WhatsApp social media mobile software. We applied structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques by using IBM SPSS AMOS 24.0.0 software to analyze collected data. The research findings suggest that some human factors do in fact exist and that these factors drive students to engage in certain unethical practices of plagiarism. Apart from poor training and lack of skills on the students’ part, the pressures and the self-efficacy they face as they engage in research practices can make students susceptible to plagiarize.

Knowledge and attitude towards plagiarism: a comparative study of students from medical and non-medical fields

# Background Research has become a crucial part of restorative sciences. Yet, research ethics are sometimes bypassed. One of the research ethical misconducts, plagiarism has always been prevalent. Studies published on plagiarism have seen an increase recently but mostly they are from the developed part of the world and output from developing countries like Pakistan is low. This study, therefore, aims to compare the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of students from medical and non-medical fields towards plagiarism from different institutions in Karachi, Pakistan. # Methods We conducted an eight-week cross-sectional study in January 2017 in Karachi, Pakistan with 412 undergraduate students of ages 18 and above, using convenience sampling to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding plagiarism. The questionnaire was divided into three parts, each focusing on knowledge and its source, attitudes, and practices of an individual towards plagiarism. Chi-squared tests were applied to compare the aforementioned factors of participants belonging to the medical field with those from non-medical fields. # Results A majority of individuals (n=288, 74.6%) were aware of the research ethics and had heard about the term plagiarism (n=353, 91.5%). More than half of the individuals (n=235, 60.9%) had experience with researches. An overwhelming majority of individuals (n=365, 94.6%) considered it important to discuss issues like plagiarism in research ethics. Almost half of them (n=186, 48.2%) plagiarized unintentionally due to lack of knowledge and learned about it later. Majority of the individuals (n=332, 86%) thought plagiarism could be avoided and many (n=303, 78.5%) believed that authors who plagiarize deserve punishment. Statistically significant differences were found to exist when knowledge, attitude, and practices were compared between medical and non-medical students. Medical students were more aware of the research ethics than non-medical students (*P*=0.001). Significantly more medical students considered it important to discuss issues like plagiarism in research ethics than non-medical students (*P*=0.011) and did not believe that plagiarism is justified for short deadlines (*P*\<0.001). More medical students had experience with research than non-medical students (*P*=0.003) and a majority of medical students considered plagiarism as stealing (*P*\<0.001). # Conclusions Majority of the individuals were aware of plagiarism and showed a negative attitude towards its practice. The practice of plagiarism was associated with a lack of knowledge and awareness regarding this misconduct. Medical and non-medical students had differing opinions with medical students having a more negative attitude towards plagiarism owing to their greater knowledge and experience with researches. Academic integrity, provision of plagiarism detection tools and emphasis on research ethics are some of the areas that institutions should work on to reduce plagiarism.

Knowledge and attitude towards plagiarism: a comparative study of students from medical and non-medical fields

# Background Research has become a crucial part of restorative sciences. Yet, research ethics are sometimes bypassed. One of the research ethical misconducts, plagiarism has always been prevalent. Studies published on plagiarism have seen an increase recently but mostly they are from the developed part of the world and output from developing countries like Pakistan is low. This study, therefore, aims to compare the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of students from medical and non-medical fields towards plagiarism from different institutions in Karachi, Pakistan. # Methods We conducted an eight-week cross-sectional study in January 2017 in Karachi, Pakistan with 412 undergraduate students of ages 18 and above, using convenience sampling to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding plagiarism. The questionnaire was divided into three parts, each focusing on knowledge and its source, attitudes, and practices of an individual towards plagiarism. Chi-squared tests were applied to compare the aforementioned factors of participants belonging to the medical field with those from non-medical fields. # Results A majority of individuals (n=288, 74.6%) were aware of the research ethics and had heard about the term plagiarism (n=353, 91.5%). More than half of the individuals (n=235, 60.9%) had experience with researches. An overwhelming majority of individuals (n=365, 94.6%) considered it important to discuss issues like plagiarism in research ethics. Almost half of them (n=186, 48.2%) plagiarized unintentionally due to lack of knowledge and learned about it later. Majority of the individuals (n=332, 86%) thought plagiarism could be avoided and many (n=303, 78.5%) believed that authors who plagiarize deserve punishment. Statistically significant differences were found to exist when knowledge, attitude, and practices were compared between medical and non-medical students. Medical students were more aware of the research ethics than non-medical students (*P*=0.001). Significantly more medical students considered it important to discuss issues like plagiarism in research ethics than non-medical students (*P*=0.011) and did not believe that plagiarism is justified for short deadlines (*P*\<0.001). More medical students had experience with research than non-medical students (*P*=0.003) and a majority of medical students considered plagiarism as stealing (*P*\<0.001). # Conclusions Majority of the individuals were aware of plagiarism and showed a negative attitude towards its practice. The practice of plagiarism was associated with a lack of knowledge and awareness regarding this misconduct. Medical and non-medical students had differing opinions with medical students having a more negative attitude towards plagiarism owing to their greater knowledge and experience with researches. Academic integrity, provision of plagiarism detection tools and emphasis on research ethics are some of the areas that institutions should work on to reduce plagiarism.

Análise da similaridade em textos acadêmicos e sua relação quanto ao uso da NBR 10520

Este artigo pode verificar se a norma de citação NBR 10520 está ligada a prática de plágio em trabalhos acadêmicos. Assim, foram analisados trabalhos com altos índices de similaridade com outras fontes, indicados pelo software de verificação de originalidade Turnitin. Buscou-se apresentar a importância da normalização na construção de um trabalho acadêmico original, apontando-a como aliada no desenvolvimento do aluno durante a sua formação acadêmica. A partir da análise, foi possível perceber que os problemas apontados estão em sua maioria relacionados a falta de uso ou com a aplicação falha da norma, caracterizando plágio nos trabalhos. Este resultado reforça a necessidade do ensino e entendimento da norma, assim como a educação do aluno para atuar em meio científico.&#x0D; &#x0D; Palavras-chave: Normalização. Plágio. NBR 10520. Similaridade em trabalhos acadêmicos.

Retracted Article | E-Perelek: Penguatan Pangan Melalui Inovasi Kebijakan Berbasis Modal Sosial dan Teknologi di Kabupaten Purwakarta, Jawa Barat

As a country that is rich in local wisdom, the Indonesian people know the tradition of 'Mutual Cooperation'. One of the traditions of mutual cooperation is Perelek, which is the activity of the West Java Sundanese farmers who distribute rice yields to fellow marginal farmers and marginalized groups. The Perelek tradition was adopted and developed into the Smart Regency policy of Purwakarta Regency named Automated Teller Machine Rice (E-Perelek). Changing conditioning relations 'mutual cooperation' is moderated by technology input as well as the implementation of the Electronic Government (E-gov) paradigm. E-Perelek is claimed to be able to foster a sense of solidarity while increasing the availability of rice for food for the poor in Purwakarta with better quality than poor rice (Raskin). This condition is in line with the 2nd objective of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ending hunger, achieving food security and improving nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture. The methodology used in this paper is a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis. This paper aims to critically analyze the implications of the change in Perelek's tradition to be an eager policy on food security for small communities in Purwakarta. Notice of Article Retraction Reports the retraction of E-Perelek: Penguatan Pangan Melalui Inovasi Kebijakan Berbasis Modal Sosial dan Teknologi di Kabupaten Purwakarta, Jawa Barat by Kintansari Adhyna Putri, Ichlasul Amal (Simulacra, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2019) https://journal.trunojoyo.ac.id/simulacra/article/view/5522 This article has been retracted at the request of the authors (Kintansari Adhyna Putri and Ichlasul Amal) after concerns were raised with respect to the plagiarism practices. For the best interests of science, knowledge creation/dissemination, and publication standards, the Editor of this journal has concluded it is necessary to retract the article.

Attitudes towards plagiarism in academia

This contribution probes into the attitudes towards plagiarism in academia as it details the results of a questionnaire study within the larger framework of a joint Bulgarian-German research project on plagiarism in academia. The questionnaire focused on investigating the scope of the notion of plagiarism as Bulgarian academics understand it and second, looking into the availability of a system of support to prevent transgressors and/or sanctions for transgressing academics across Bulgarian universities. The results of the questionnaire suggest that while there appears to be a consensus among Bulgarian academics about the different facets that make up the notion of plagiarism, the reported attitudes towards plagiarism practices vary greatly, reflecting a non-uniform perception of what constitutes an offense. It also shows a deep dissatisfaction with existing anti-plagiarism regulatory systems in Bulgarian scientific institutions. Note: This study was financed by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, as part of a larger project entitled: “Text Plagiarism in the Social Sciences vis-à-vis Ethical Aspects and Common Practices” and realized within the framework of the Research Group Linkage Programme of the foundation in the period of 01.01.2017 – 30.06.2018. Ref. 3.4 – 1062413 – BGR – IP.

DESIGN OF DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM OF LECTURER’S RESEARCH AT INSTITUTE INFORMATICS AND BUSINESS DARMAJAYA LAMPUNG

In order to spur the quantity and quality of research is one of the basic tasks of the lecturer, Institute Informatics and Business Darmajaya Lampung facilitate the professors to be able to participate in a range of grants to help financing research lecturer. With a growing number of studies professors proposed then it should be when logging the lecturer research done in a better. Utilization of information technology is the right information to perform data management information can be either information related to it or also as tool of checking data in order to reduce plagiarism practices and publishing redundancy title research

Regulations to Prevent Plagiarism in Higher Education in India A Critical Appraisal

&#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D; The undergoing discussion presents a critical view about the various measures taken by the different governing bodies, especially by the UGC to prevent the practice of plagiarism in Higher Education Institutions in India. The discussion highlights the grey areas of the measures taken by these governing bodies to curb the practice of plagiarism and also focuses on the reasons, which more or less can be seen as a reason for triggering the practice of plagiarism across the academic and the research circles of the country, along with some other undesirable practices of publishing. The study deliberates threadbare about the misunderstandings and the mal-understandings about the plagiarism, whereby academicians and researchers are not yet able to draw a fine line to understand as what amounts to plagiarism and what not and the ways and means to overcome this practice. These and many other aspects have been touched, whereby measures taken lack rationality and how actually the forced researchers are vitiating the otherwise healthy research atmosphere of the country.&#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D;

When Plagiarism Is A Matter

The high education world is retested with resurfacing the plagiarism practice of the scientific papers in the academic community. The Plagiarism joins in the realm of academic integrity, where the honesty of the scientific process and the contributions of others in a paper of an academic community should be recognized in.The software of Plagiarism detection on the paper can be used to reduce the risk of plagiarism and academic integrity. However, the information sharing and appropriate learning about the plagiarism issue itself is more important for improving the understanding which directs the behavior of anti-plagiarism.This Literature Study give a line description on raising awareness of plagiarism. It is not only higher education’s responsibility, but also primary and secondary education. The Application of Information Literacy program earlier will assist in the formation of individuals who are away from plagiarism behavior.

Using the Low Ground to Get High: The Pedagogic Value of Teaching Plagiarism

The discourse around plagiarism usually advocates a range of approaches from punitive to developmental. I argue, however, that the practice of plagiarism is a rational response to the complexity of learning academic discourse, and that it presents a student-owned learning asset that teachers should exploit. Instead of suppressing plagiarism as the first resort, its techniques should be taught as a platform for the acquisition of legitimate information literacy practices. I draw on studies which provide evidence of a developmental sequence in the acquisition of illegitimate skills of plagiarism, particularly located in the practice of patchwriting, and argue that this sequence should be positively exploited by teachers.

Perceptions of Graduate Students at the University of São Paulo about Plagiarism Practices in Academic Works.

Our objective was to identify the understanding of theoretical aspects and the interpretation of practical situations that a sample of 3,623 graduate students (Population = 22,438) at the University of São Paulo (Brazil) have regarding academic plagiarism. The survey used an electronic questionnaire containing 30 multiple choice questions developed from the literature concerning the concept and definition of plagiarism, occurrence modality, types of plagiarism, reasons for occurrence, standards and preventive actions adopted. We identified that the fact of respondents agreeing or disagreeing with the theoretical-conceptual characteristics of plagiarism did not make a difference in their capacity of correctly assessing practical situations characterizing plagiarism. Moreover, the agreement or disagreement responses regarding the concepts of plagiarism were observed not to differ among the respondents who had been trained to use references and citations. However, the same respondents correctly interpret practical situations characterizing plagiarism. Therefore, this study suggests that there is a gap between theoretical and practical knowledge regarding plagiarism for graduate students. Although the technical training related to the correct use of research sources is an important prerequisite in the capacity-building process, it does not seem to be enough to prevent plagiarism practices.

A técnica do ctrl+c e ctrl+v: um estudo sobre a prática do plágio no meio acadêmico entre os estudantes de uma universidade brasileira

O objetivo deste estudo verificar de que forma a técnica da replicação de trabalhos pelo “Ctrl+c” e “Crtl+v” é aplicada no meio acadêmico por estudantes universitários de uma universidade brasileira, as principais razões para a realização dessa prática, bem como a visão dos estudantes sobre essa problemática que vem acarretando grande discussão em meio acadêmico em virtude das questões éticas e de autoria envolvidas. Para o procedimento da análise foi realizado um estudo da lei antiplágio. Além disso foi realizada uma investigação de como a tecnologia tem contribuído para a prática do plágio entre os estudantes de uma universidade brasileira. A técnica utilizada foi a tipo survey. Os resultados apontam que grande parte dos estudantes tem conhecimento acerca do plágio e das técnicas para se evitá-lo. Todavia, muitos estudantes afirmaram já ter realizado o plágio na universidade. Nessa perspectiva, foi ressaltado que deve haver a maior presença de debate sobre as questões éticas em torno do ato de plagiar, buscando minimizar esse ato no meio acadêmico. Há também uma necessidade de as universidades aplicarem as punições legais aos plagiadores.

Letter to Editor: Do Iranian Medical Journal Editors Have a Good Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Plagiarism?

In the last issue of the Journal of Paramedical Sciences, Abbasiyan, et al in their Original Article “Do the editors-in-chief of Iranian medical journals have a good knowledge, attitude and practice of plagiarism” showed that the knowledge, attitude, and the practice (KAP) of the chief editors of scholarly journals in Iranian Medical Universities located in the capital city is in high and favorable level (1.58 out of 2) [1]. I would like to discuss the probable false messages of such articles for science ethical managers in the country. For some years, every several-months or several-years a scholarly paper or news has been published to show the ethics situation of academic researches or publication ethics in Iran periodically [2-5]. Some Iranian scientists think these reports are unfair [6], and some non-Iranian reporters named it a scandal [7] ; and yet, facts demonstrate little improvements with regards to ethical situation compared with the past. I believe that accepting the already existing problems is the first step for resolving them. Although I agree with Ataie-Ashtiani [8] and others who think that some magnifications have been made on the special case of IR Iran, as Farrokhi stated, unfortunately there are some problems including the presence of misconduct and also unawareness about how to explain and excuse when a mistake is discovered [9]. As I mentioned before, although there are some defects in our laws regarding managing academic dishonesty [10], there are also other regulations and newly approved rules [11] for such issues. Such hopeful studies [1] and laws [11] shows some attainments, while I still think it is essential to create a national organization to evaluate and disclose all cases of scientific misconduct and frauds and declare their punishments publicly. If such an organization to monitor and evaluate the integrity of researches exists, it should have clear equitable strategy to approach similar cases with different scientific degrees or other types of official power or position. As stated previously, although there are some defects in our laws to manage academic dishonesty [10], there are also other regulations and newly approved rules [11] to accomplish.

Mendeteksi Plagiarism Pada Dokumen Proposal Skripsi Menggunakan Algoritma Jaro Winkler Distance

The practice of plagiarism among students in working on their thesis might happen. Plagiarism is done considering to the limited workmanship and lack of motivation to try with their own ability. It is necessary to provide a tool to prevent the act of plagiarism among the students. In this research, we built an application to detect the plagiarism on the thesis proposal. &#x0D; The application applies the Jaro Winkler Distance algorithm to detect the similarity from several documents. The first phase to detect the similarity of the thesis proposals is The text preprocessing phase of the document such as case folding, tokenizing, stopwords removal and stemming. Precision and Recall formula will be used to analyze the performance of the method in application. &#x0D; The test result of the data set shows the application could find the 80% relevant data that indicated the similarity. It means the application could contribute to detect the plagiarism on the thesis proposal document.

“Do the editors-in-chief of Iranian medical journals have a good Knowledge, attitude and practice of plagiarism?”

Plagiarism is one of the misconducts which are specifically observed in scientific journals. It is important to prevent and reduce it in scientific communities. The chief editors of journals can play an effective role in this regard. Therefore, this study aims to determine the knowledge, attitude, and the practice (KAP) of the chief editors of scholarly journals in Universities of Iran about plagiarism. The data for this descriptive survey were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire which was developed and validated in three sections of knowledge, attitude, and practice. The statistical population of the study included all the chief editors of scholarly journals in Universities of Medical Sciences in Tehran. The scores of the editors were calculated separately in each section. The data collection procedure was followed either by email or in-person. The collected data were analyzed through SPSS. The chief editors’ score is %88.8 in the section of “knowledge of plagiarism” which represents a high score. The chief editors’ “attitude toward plagiarism” indicates a high level (%61.3), which represents a negative attitude of plagiarism, and their “practice” is also at a mid-level approaching towards high level. In general, the knowledge, attitude, and practice of chief editors about plagiarism are in a better status comparing to similar studies. However, it is expected that the editors in chief achieve a more favorable level in this regard.

Scientific research misconduct in social science research: What is it and how can we address it?

Scientific misconduct is on the rise with the increasing emphasis on research by many academic institutions A review of the literature shows various reasons behind this trend from the difficulty of publication to the constant pressure to publish in academia Further lack of systematic reporting standards is one of the major contributing factors towards misconduct and unethical practices in scientific research In this analysis the authors will provide a detailed narrative on scientific misconduct along with possible strategies to address this common unethical practice among social science researchers This article will define and discuss the practices of falsification fabrication and plagiarism along with suggestions about how to avoid them