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|Is About=This guideline describes how writers can avoid plagiarism with five simple rules.
 
|Is About=This guideline describes how writers can avoid plagiarism with five simple rules.
|Important Because=Plagiarism is a form of scientific misconduct defined as authoring ideas or words produced by someone else or from one’s own previous publications and attempting to publish such work without properly citing the original author and publication. Plagiarism is easy for writers to avoid by simply not copying any printed sources and by writing original text in one’s own words, and, if paraphrasing, citing the source. Unfortunately, these simple rules seem to be either forgotten or ignored by many authors, as instances of plagiarism have become all too common throughout the scientific world<ref>Ober, Holly, Scott I. Simon, and Daniel Elson. "Five simple rules to avoid plagiarism." ''Annals of biomedical engineering'' 41.1 (2013): 1-2.</ref>.
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|Important Because=Plagiarism is a scientific misconduct which consists in using others or one owns previously published ideas without properly citing the original publication and author <ref>Ober, Holly, Scott I. Simon, and Daniel Elson. (2013). Five simple rules to avoid plagiarism. ''Annals of biomedical engineering'' 41.1: 1-2.</ref>. Plagiarism  can be easily avoided by always using one's own words and by always citing the original source when paraphrasing someone else's words or ideas. In spite of this, plagiarism remains an issue. This resource provides simple rules  which support the process of proper referencing thereby helping in reducing the risk of in plagiarism.
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|Important For=All stakeholders in research; Early career researchers
 
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Five simple rules to avoid plagiarism

What is this about?

This guideline describes how writers can avoid plagiarism with five simple rules.

Why is this important?

Plagiarism is a scientific misconduct which consists in using others or one owns previously published ideas without properly citing the original publication and author [1]. Plagiarism can be easily avoided by always using one's own words and by always citing the original source when paraphrasing someone else's words or ideas. In spite of this, plagiarism remains an issue. This resource provides simple rules which support the process of proper referencing thereby helping in reducing the risk of in plagiarism.

  1. Ober, Holly, Scott I. Simon, and Daniel Elson. (2013). Five simple rules to avoid plagiarism. Annals of biomedical engineering 41.1: 1-2.

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