
Properly citing a work but poorly paraphrasing the original text is considered as unintentional plagiarism. Verbatim copying of text without putting quotation marks and not acknowledging the work of the original author. Paraphrasing poorly: Copying complete paragraphs and modifying a few words without changing the structure of original sentences or changing the sentence structure but not the words.
It is an author’s use of a previous publication in another paper without proper citation and acknowledgment of the original source. Text recycling, also known as self-plagiarism.
Reproduction of others words, sentences, ideas or findings as one’s own without proper acknowledgement. However, the following important features can assist in identifying different kinds of plagiarized content.
It is therefore, not easy to draw a clear boundary between legitimate representation and plagiarism. We all know that scholarly manuscripts are written after a thorough review of previously published articles.