| Title |
Plagiarism: Words and Ideas
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Science and Engineering Ethics, March 2008
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s11948-008-9057-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mathieu Bouville |
| Abstract |
Plagiarism is a crime against academy. It deceives readers, hurts plagiarized authors, and gets the plagiarist undeserved benefits. However, even though these arguments do show that copying other people's intellectual contribution is wrong, they do not apply to the copying of words. Copying a few sentences that contain no original idea (e.g. in the introduction) is of marginal importance compared to stealing the ideas of others. The two must be clearly distinguished, and the 'plagiarism' label should not be used for deeds which are very different in nature and importance. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 204 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Iceland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 194 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 12% |
| Researcher | 18 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 8% |
| Librarian | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 54 | 26% |
| Unknown | 47 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 34 | 17% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 12% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 14 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 58 | 28% |
| Unknown | 53 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
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#2,041,899
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Outputs from Science and Engineering Ethics
#158
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#5,188
of 91,997 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science and Engineering Ethics
#2
of 5 outputs
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