Ethics of Scientific Paper Writing

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The Ethics of Scientific
Writing What to Avoid in Writing
your Research Paper
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Scientific Paper Writing

• Be a beginner or an experienced researcher
  scientific writing is not easy for both. Apart
  from the format, structure, and grammar, there
  are certain ethical principles to be followed in
  scientific writing.
• Since you write scientific papers for advancement
  in the scientific field, strict adherence to
  these ethical guidelines is necessary.
• Therefore, professional organizations like
  Committee on Publication Ethics and International
  Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
  formulate guidelines for authors to follow in
  scientific writing.

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• The two most important ethical issues related
  to scientific writing are plagiarism and
  authorship.
• Consideration of these issues is required to
  avoid any scientific misconduct and achieve
  success with your research publication

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This section discusses these issues in detail and
how to avoid them in your scientific writing.
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Plagiarism
The U.S. Office of Science and Technology defines
plagiarism as the appropriation of another
persons ideas, processes, results or words
without giving him appropriate credit. It equals
to literary theft and is a form of scientific
misconduct, be it intentional or accidental.
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Different forms of plagiarism in scientific
writing
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Intentional plagiarism is one where the author
deliberately copies the text from the other
author without giving him due credit.Self-plagia
rism or text recycling is one where the author
copies large part of the text from his or her
previous papers.Duplicate publication where the
author submits previously published work for
publication as an original work. Submitting
previously published manuscripts for publication
is not only unethical but also wastes the time of
the journal editors and reviewers.
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Why do authors resort to plagiarism?

• Tremendous pressure to publish their research and
  advance their career
• Language barriers causing difficulty in writing
  in English
• Lack of time to write the paper
• Lack of appropriate writing skills

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How to avoid plagiarism in scientific writing?

• Always acknowledge the contributions of others
  and source of your ideas.
• Enclose in quotation marks the verbatim text
  taken from another author.
• Paraphrase or summaries the text taken from
  another author into your own words.
• Reproduce the text with the exact meaning of the
  other authors ideas and facts using your own
  words and sentences.
• Take help of a competent scientific writing
  services, in case you lack the writing skills.
• Use plagiarism checking websites to detect any
  accidental plagiarism in your paper.

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Authorship

• The major issues related to authorship include
  determination of author responsibilities and
  author order.
• If you award authorship to people who have not
  made sufficient contributions to the manuscript
  and deny authorship to the deserving
  contributors, its a violation of scientific
  integrity.

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Different types of authorship abuse in scientific
writing

• Coercion authorship is where a senior person
  pressurizes his junior to include his name on the
  paper to which he hasnt contributed enough.
• Honorary, guest or gift authorship is where you
  award authorship to well-known senior
  investigators or colleagues to acknowledge their
  friendship, gain favour, or to give the paper a
  greater sense of legitimacy.

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Mutual support authorship is where two or more
investigators place their names on each others
paper to enhance their productivity. Ghost
authorship is where the actual authors name is
not included or acknowledged in the paper. This
is quite common in the pharmaceutical industry
which often hires professional writers. Denial
of authorship is where you publish the paper
without providing authorship or acknowledgement
to people who made significant contributions to
the work.
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How to avoid authorship abuse in scientific
writing?

• Define the role of each person working on the
  project before writing the paper
• Clarify authorship expectations when asking your
  colleague to participate in the project or review
  your manuscript

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• While listing authors on your manuscript, ensure
  they meet the following criteria
• Made significant contributions to conception and
  design, collection, analysis, and interpretation
  of data.
• Drafted the manuscript or revised it critically
  for important intellectual content
• Gave final approval of the version to be
  published
• Acquisition of funds, collection of data, and
  general supervision of research group do not
  qualify for authorship

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• Strictly adhering to the ethical guidelines of
  scientific writing and avoiding the above
  mistakes is a tedious process. So contact
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  your research publication a success.

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