Telegraph India: Plagiarism battle with 'narrow' rules
In India, plagiarism has been an issue for years, as well as in many other countries. Researchers often fabricate previous works for the fast commitment of the work. It is ethically inappropriate, of course. But there were no defined rules to punish the conductor in India.
The new regulation suggests that whether a manuscript is identified as plagiarism depends on the proportion of fabricated contents. For example, up to 10% is permitted, whereas the author submitted a manuscript in which over 40% is identified to be fabricated would be banned for one year from resubmission.
This rule is quite clear and definitive. However, some researchers criticize this regulation for some reasons.
First, fabrication should not be defined as the percentage of similarity. Even if you rephrase the original manuscript at all, it is deemed as plagiarism as far as you conceal it. Fabrication should be adapted not only to the text but also to the original idea.
Second, the percentage of fabrication is mechanically calculated with a software. You need many referring sentences especially in a review of previous research in some categories. In such cases, false positive can occur.
Treatment for misconducted researchers should be mentioned. In the US, education centers for such researchers were developed. On the other hand, plagiarism emerges in accordance with the demand of quick performance. It is not always proper to blame misconducted researchers. This issue is complicatedly connecting the development of scientific research.
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