A new, graph based research document clustering technique (GRD-Clust) is introduced based on frequent senses rather than frequent keywords as per the traditional document clustering techniques.GRDClust presents text documents as hierarchal document-graphs and utilizes an Apriori paradigm to find the frequent sub graphs, which reflect frequent senses based on support and confidence. We highlight...

Currently there is an increase in the occurrence of plagiarism in varied types of academic texts. Therefore, in agreement with the Brazilian Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) policies, Brazilian higher education institutions should establish guidelines for the detection and inhibition of academic plagiarism. However, the notion of plagiarism is extremely complex,...

This paper aims to stimulate discussion about how editors should respond to plagiarism. Different types of plagiarism are described in terms of their: extent, originality of the copied material, context, referencing, intention, author seniority, and language. Journal responses to plagiarism are also described including: educating authors, contacting authors’ institutions, issuing corrections, a...

[THIS ARTICLE IS RETRACTED] Plagiarism refers to “adopting someone else’s words, work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own”. It is potentially considered as the most prevalent form of scientific dishonesty discovered in research papers. The present review aims to provide a thorough account of plagiarism to build awareness about all dimensions of plagiarism.The key...

Few months ago, Dr Poorolajal et al. published a comprehensive article in Iranian J Publ Health entitled “Construction of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Questionnaire for Assessing Plagiarism”. They had established a questionnaire as a standard tool in order to evaluate perception of subjects concerning plagiarism and to estimate the prevalence and the type of plagiarism commission (1). Altho...

I read the editorial titled “The detection of plagiarism” with great interest. It is noted that “Faced with this challenge, the editorial board of our journal has decided to introduce CrossCheck. Similar to the case of the Croatian Medical Journal, the plagiarism detection procedure consists of automatic scanning of manuscripts using the software (CrossCheck) and manual verification of manuscri...

Plagiarism has been troubling academic world since long. With the invention of electronic resources like internet in recent times, it has become easier and more accessible for students than ever before. Practice of plagiarism by students has resulted negative consequences in the academic field, and university teachers are now facing problems that are more challenging. This has led to the produc...

Hugely facilitated by the Internet, plagiarism by students threatens educational quality and professional ethics worldwide. Plagiarism reduces learning and is correlated with increased fraud and inefficiency on the job, thus lessening competitiveness and hampering development. In this context, the present research examines 48 licenciatura theses and 102 masters theses from five of Mozambique’s ...

Plagiarism is a problem in many education institutions around the world. Preventing digital plagiarism requires enormous amount of work from educator. In this paper we concentrate on implementation of well known anti-plagiarism algorithm for local and global search for the original source of plagiarized assignment. We first discuss problems in the implementation of existing anti-plagiarism syst...

Plagiarism undoubtedly constitutes a seemingly imperceptible threat to the growth of genuine global scholarship. The understanding of various perspectives of the phenomenon is critical to finding a lasting solution. It is against this background therefore, that the study investigated awareness and perception of plagiarism of postgraduate students in selected Universities in Ogun State Nigeria. ...