Plagiarism: A silent epidemic in scientific writing – Reasons, recognition and remedies

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 164-167

  Debnath, Jyotindu ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Plagiarism; Plagiarism detection tool; Scientific writing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RESPONSIBILITY; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84983382026     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: 22134743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2016.03.010     Document Type: Review

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