What is Plagiarism?
In simple words, Plagiarism can be defined as “Theft of Literature”.
In Academics, there are a lot of researchers or academicians who do hard work and express their IDEAS in their papers which are published in a variety of publication resources like books, journals, websites, newspapers, etc.
What is Plagiarism?
When some other researcher or academician who is working on the same subject reads their ideas and uses their idea in his/her publication, he should have their consent & should give proper credit to them. Failing in doing so whether intentionally or unintentionally counts toward plagiarism.
What is Self Plagiarism?
If someone has published his work in a publication and again publishes the same idea in a different publication and tries to show it as a New/Unique idea, this is known as Self Plagiarism.
It is like copying previous work of himself / herself.
Definitions of Plagiarism by Some Well-Known Authorities
Authority
Definition
University of Oxford
“Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement.”
Stanford University
“The use, without giving reasonable and appropriate credit to or acknowledging the author or source, of another person’s original work, whether such work is made up of code, formulas, ideas, language, research, strategies, writing or other form(s).”
Cambridge Dictionary
“The process or practice of using another person’s ideas or work and pretending that it is your own”
Britannica Dictionary
“Plagiarism is using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person.”
Oxford Languages
“The act of copying another person’s ideas, words or work and pretending they are your own; something that has been copied in this way.”
Wikipedia
“Plagiarism is the representation of another author’s language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one’s own original work.
In educational contexts, there are differing definitions of plagiarism depending on the institution.”
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