Singh Harkanwal Preet, Guram Namrata
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Dasmesh Institute of Research and Dental Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab, India.
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Swami Devi Dyal Hospital and Dental College, Panchkula, Haryana, India.
N Am J Med Sci. 2014 Jan;6(1):6-11. doi: 10.4103/1947-2714.125854.
Plagiarism is stealing of some others work or idea without proper citation. It is one of the biggest challenges faced by the scholarly world and by far a grim form of delinquency in academics.
The study was designed to explore the knowledge and attitudes of dental professionals toward plagiarism.
A questionnaire having 14 questions was sent either via e-mails or by sending printed copies to 5000 dental professionals, while maintaining anonymity of all the participants.
Most of the dental professionals know about plagiarism, and they believe that plagiarism cannot be avoided successfully. Pressure to publish was a major reason along with several others, which accounts for more and more indulgence in plagiarism. At the same time lack of facilities in private institutions and lack of funding for research work were the major factors as well, which hinder in creating research environment and hence promotes plagiarism and false studies to publish it.
Plagiarism is present in dental professionals and that significant reduction can only be brought by awareness, objective check methods and stringent punishment. Plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct must be recognized and must not be tolerated.
剽窃是指在未进行适当引用的情况下盗用他人的作品或想法。它是学术界面临的最大挑战之一，也是迄今为止学术界一种严重的违规行为。
本研究旨在探讨牙科专业人员对剽窃的认知和态度。
通过电子邮件或邮寄打印版问卷的方式，向5000名牙科专业人员发放了一份包含14个问题的问卷，同时对所有参与者的信息进行保密。
大多数牙科专业人员了解剽窃行为，并且他们认为剽窃难以被成功杜绝。除其他一些因素外，发表论文的压力是导致越来越多的人沉迷于剽窃的一个主要原因。与此同时，私立机构缺乏设施以及研究工作缺乏资金也是主要因素，这些因素阻碍了研究环境的营造，从而助长了剽窃行为以及为发表而进行的虚假研究。
牙科专业人员中存在剽窃现象，只有通过提高意识、采用客观的检查方法和严厉的惩罚措施，才能显著减少剽窃行为。必须认识到剽窃及其他形式的学术不端行为，且绝不能容忍。
