Plagiarism prevention software provider iParadigms has announced a new study titled ‘The Ethics of Self-Plagiarism,’ an area of growing concern in the world of scholarly research. The study offers a definition of self-plagiarism and how the reuse and repurposing of research by its originator can run afoul of copyright guidelines and fair use provisions.
The white paper is free to download from http://www.ithenticate.com/self-plagiarism-free-white-paper.
The pressure to publish, combined with an ever-growing body of scholarly research, makes it difficult for publishers and institutions to investigate and prevent cases of self-plagiarism. The issue continues to be a major source of misconduct and cause for retractions in scholarly research. Most recently, a noted Brazilian entomologist was forced to retract a paper for self-plagiarism.
iThenticate helps publishers and granting agencies reduce all types of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, by comparing manuscripts against one of the world's largest comparison databases. iThenticate indexes and searches more than 14 billion web pages, more than 30 million published research articles from 150 leading science, technical and medical (STM) publishers, as well as 80,000 major newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals. Close to 500 publishers, research institutions and government agencies rely on iThenticate to ensure research integrity.
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