Dear All,
I recently reviewed a manuscript that plagiarized from at least two
of my papers. Based on my findings, the editor quickly rejected the
manuscript and discouraged the authors from submitting it
elsewhere. After sharing the experience with my colleagues, I was
surprised at the
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Alan,
I am sorry to hear that some of your manuscripts were plagiarized. I also
feel that these instances will only increase in occurrence in the coming
years, based upon the ease with which scientists, students, etc. can find
and transfer this information, the extreme bulk of information out
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Alan,
Plagiarism has many forms, some quite subtle. It is incumbent upon us to
teach our students, particularly graduate students, about the forms of
academic dishonesty and how to recognize and avoid treacherous ground.
I include below a snippet from a handout on academic dishonesty that I
use
Unfortunately there are many forms of academic dishonesty, some of which are
of epidemic proportion. Plagiarism is bad, but I think the practice of
ripping vital pages out of books on reserve is worse. As for the comment
that the internet faclitates plagiarism, it also facilitates finding it -
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Here at Hofstra students are expelled automatically upon conviction of
their second case of plagiarism. conviction can occur even in the
absence of proof of plagiarism--it is defined in the student code as
even the appearance of plagiarism. thus, a student repeatedly seen
looking at their
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If that is the student's fourth documented occurrence of plagiarism, you can
rest assured that there was a whole lot more that was undocumented. I have
no doubt that many students borrow so extensively from the internet and
published works that they may not even be aware that it is plagiarism.
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On the same matter,
I wonder what we do to teach and train our students how not to get
into plagiarism.
Roberto
--
Larry T. Spencer, Professor Emeritus of Biology
Plymouth State University
I note that the original
We have been using turnitin.com more and more in our classes at Southern
Illinois University. The database is extensive and contains all papers
submitted to it before, in addition to journal articles, etc... The
instructor can set up an account for the class, and students can submit
their papers
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