What Is Copyright? Copyright refers to a type of legal protection that’s given to content creators and artists which provides legal ownership of the work. For example, if a person creates a work of art, a story, or a piece of software, a copyright provides legitimate ownership of the work. The creator of this art, … Read more
Plagiarism, as you are familiar with, is when an author uses someone else’s words or ideas in their work without giving them credit. Surprisingly, it is quite easy for you to accidentally use someone’s ideas without giving them proper credit. Plagiarism is likely to accidentally occur when you are new to academic writing, rushing to … Read more
Plagiarism is a modern concept that is an infringement of copyright, no matter what the field is. It is a dishonest act of using someone else’s intellectual property and passing it off as their own, without proper or any credit. Whether you have written a song or reviewed literature for your research proposal, stealing information … Read more
A recent analysis was done by Science Magazine on 10,500 retracted journal articles and found that the number of retractions has continued to grow, but it also challenges some worrying perceptions that continue today. The number of articles retracted by journals is constantly increasing each year. In one case an anesthesiologist racked up about 90 … Read more