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Plagiarism: words and ideas.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18368537     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Plagiarism is a crime against academy. It deceives readers, hurts plagiarized authors, and gets the plagiarist undeserved benefits. However, even though these arguments do show that copying other people's intellectual contribution is wrong, they do not apply to the copying of words. Copying a few sentences that contain no original idea (e.g. in the introduction) is of marginal importance compared to stealing the ideas of others. The two must be clearly distinguished, and the 'plagiarism' label should not be used for deeds which are very different in nature and importance.
Authors:
Mathieu Bouville
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Science and engineering ethics     Volume:  14     ISSN:  1353-3452     ISO Abbreviation:  Sci Eng Ethics     Publication Date:  2008 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-08-18     Completed Date:  2008-10-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9516228     Medline TA:  Sci Eng Ethics     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  311-22     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore, 117602, Singapore. m-bouville@imre.a-star.edu.sg
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Intellectual Property*
Plagiarism*
Scientific Misconduct / classification,  ethics*

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