Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India.
Medical College, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Korean Med Sci. 2021 Oct 11;36(39):e247. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e247.
Plagiarism is one of the most common violation of publication ethics, and it still remains an area with several misconceptions and uncertainties.
This online cross-sectional survey was conducted to analyze plagiarism perceptions among researchers and journal editors, particularly from non-Anglophone countries.
Among 211 respondents (mean age 40 years; M:F, 0.85:1), 26 were scholarly journal editors and 70 were reviewers with a large representation from India (50, 24%), Turkey (28, 13%), Kazakhstan (25, 12%) and Ukraine (24, 11%). Rigid and outdated pre- and post-graduate education was considered as the origin of plagiarism by 63% of respondents. Paraphragiarism was the most commonly encountered type of plagiarism (145, 69%). Students (150, 71%), non-Anglophone researchers with poor English writing skills (117, 55%), and agents of commercial editing agencies (126, 60%) were thought to be prone to plagiarize. There was a significant disagreement on the legitimacy of text copying in scholarly articles, permitted plagiarism limit, and plagiarized text in methods section. More than half (165, 78%) recommended specifically designed courses for plagiarism detection and prevention, and 94.7% (200) thought that social media platforms may be deployed to educate and notify about plagiarism.
Great variation exists in the understanding of plagiarism, potentially contributing to unethical publications and even retractions. Bridging the knowledge gap by arranging topical education and widely employing advanced anti-plagiarism software address this unmet need.
剽窃是最常见的出版道德违规行为之一，它仍然是一个存在许多误解和不确定性的领域。
本横断面在线调查旨在分析研究人员和期刊编辑对剽窃的看法，特别是来自非英语国家的研究人员和编辑。
在 211 名受访者（平均年龄 40 岁；M:F，0.85:1）中，26 人是学术期刊编辑，70 人是审稿人，其中印度（50 人，24%）、土耳其（28 人，13%）、哈萨克斯坦（25 人，12%）和乌克兰（24 人，11%）的代表性较大。63%的受访者认为僵化和过时的研究生教育是剽窃的根源。Paraphrasiarism 是最常见的剽窃类型（145 人，69%）。学生（150 人，71%）、英语写作能力差的非英语国家研究人员（117 人，55%）和商业编辑机构的代理人（126 人，60%）被认为容易剽窃。对于学术文章中文本复制的合法性、允许的剽窃限制以及方法部分的剽窃文本，存在显著的分歧。超过一半（165 人，78%）建议专门设计课程用于剽窃检测和预防，94.7%（200 人）认为社交媒体平台可用于教育和通知剽窃。
对剽窃的理解存在很大差异，这可能导致不道德的出版，甚至撤稿。通过安排专题教育和广泛使用先进的反剽窃软件来弥合知识差距，可以满足这一未满足的需求。
