Problems of Formal-mechanistic Approach to Identification of Plagiarism in Scientific Works
https://doi.org/10.22394/2410-132X-2020-6-3-180-185
Abstract
The effectiveness of research teams and scientists is largely estimated by their publication activity. One indicator of the quality of scientific work is the absence of plagiarism. The purpose of this paper was to consider the problems that arise with the formal-mechanistic approach to the detection of plagiarism in scientific papers. The questions of the correlation of meaning and plagiarism; quoting your own work; quoting and inaccurate quoting; the use of generally accepted expressions, laws, definitions; the need to refine anti-plagiarism systems are considered. It is shown that due to the fact that anti-plagiarism systems do not analyze the meaning of the text, “overdiagnosis” occurs. As a result of an uncritical approach to the conclusions of such systems, the writing of scientific papers becomes more complicated. The necessity of developing more accurate criteria for determining what is plagiarized in scientific papers is noted. Some suggestions were made to reduce the shortcomings of the formal approach.
About the Author
V. Ya. Gelman
Medical Informatics and Physics North-West State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Gelman Viktor Ya. – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Department
191015, Saint-Petersburg, Kirochnaya street, 41
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Gelman V.Ya. Problems of Formal-mechanistic Approach to Identification of Plagiarism in Scientific Works. Economics of Science. 2020;6(3):180-185. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/2410-132X-2020-6-3-180-185
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