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beat the cheat.(on plagiarism)

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| November 03, 2008 | Caldwell, Tracey | COPYRIGHT 2008 Incisive Media, published with the permission of Incisive Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Tracey Caldwell

beat the cheat

The pace of research has accelerated, fuelled by the ready availability of material in electronic format. But there is a downside, with a minority of students and researchers passing off others' work as their own.

Plagiarism ranges from cheating at undergraduate level to high-profile fraud in the research world. Publishers are taking steps to address the problem, with plagiarism detection software complementing the traditional editorial process, and are keen to cite this as part of the added value they offer. But is plagiarism a real problem?

Ian Russell, CEO of the Association of Learned and ...

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