Plagiarism and Copyright Guidelines



Plagiarism and Copyright Guidelines

Introduction

Plagiarism is defined as the academic “theft of ideas”, for using works of others without proper authorization of that work (Kline, 2009, 254). In today's electronic and advanced time, it is not difficult to identify use of any such materials. Plagiarism involves legal issues due to copyright, as in most of the cases; the works are authorized (Greenfield & Osborn, 2006). This also involves ethical issues for using someone else's work. This is the reason that there is need for the standards of plagiarism and professionalism for the understanding of status and concept of intellectual property (Bloch, 2012).Scientific research studies are not acceptable, if there is no proof for it (Kline, 2009). This is the reason that there is need to provide evidence and proof for whatever stated in the document to make it worthy and reliable (Kline, 2009).

Issue of Plagiarism and Guidelines in scientific writing

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) is a group of general medical journal editors. These editors present their papers and provide information regarding scientific research in the field of medicine. Participants of ICMJE journals, organizations and representatives under the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts include Biomedical Journals in different countries such as, American Medical Association, British Medical Journal, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Chinese Medical Journal, New Zealand Medical Journal, The Medical Journal of Australia, the U.S. NLM, and the World Association of Medical Editors.etc. (www.icmje.org).

Policy and Issue

Information available in these journals is available for a number of different users, who can print, copy and use these materials for distribution, such as educational, medical and other nonprofit organizations. Journals and materials are available at www.ICMJE.org, which is an official Web site (www.icmje.org). There is no endorsement or approval of such reprints ...