Editorial Policy on Plagiarism
Ernesto Spinak, in “Ética editorial e o problema do plágio” [Editorial Ethics and the plagiarism problem] (2013), defines plagiarism as “a ação de copiar obras alheias atribuindo-as como próprias. Isto viola o direito de paternidade da obra, que, além disso, é um dos direitos morais” [the action of copying other people’s works by assigning them as their own. This violates the right of ‘paternity’ of the work, which, moreover, is one of the moral rights]. For Spinak, plagiarism can take several forms, such as those he lists in the table below, following the criteria of frequency and gravity.
|
Freq |
Gr |
Type |
Comments |
|
0.75 |
7.6 |
Paraphrase |
When one expresses the same ideas in other words without referring to the author (author-date citation). |
|
0.71 |
7.6 |
Research repetition |
When one repeats data using the same methodology and similar results without referring to the previous work. |
|
0.69 |
6.4 |
Secondary Source |
When one uses secondary source, as a meta-analysis, but only cites primary sources. |
|
0.63 |
7.5 |
Duplication |
When one uses works and data from previous studies. |
|
0.59 |
8.4 |
Verbatim |
When one copies other authors’ texts without highlighting them (quotes, italics, indented paragraph, etc.) and does not indicate the reference. |
|
0.53 |
8.2 |
Unethical Collaboration |
When researchers work together and do not report it and quote each other (scratch each other's backs) |
|
0.48 |
8.2 |
Misleading assignment |
When one does not list all authors who participated in the manuscript, denying credits to collaborators. |
|
0.42 |
7.7 |
Replication |
When one sends the manuscript to several journals, and it is published more than once. |
|
0.39 |
7.3 |
Invalid source |
When ones uses references that do not exist, are not correct, or do not have the complete data. |
|
0.23 |
8.8 |
Complete |
When one copies the complete manuscript and sends it in his/her own name. |
Source: Spinak (2013)
SPINAK, E Ética editorial e o problema do plágio [Editorial Ethics and the plagiarism problem]. SciELO in Perspective, 2013. Available at: <http://blog.scielo.org/blog/2013/10/02/ etica-editorial-e-o-problema-do-plagio>. Accessed on: 17 July 2018.
Based on Spinak’s guidelines, Odisseia seeks to comply with the criteria of originality and information: originality of the published works and information of the sources of the ideas presented in the submissions. To do so,
1. The editors conduct a preliminary analysis of the manuscripts via anti-plagiarism softwares;
2. In case irregularities regarding the cases mentioned by Spinak in the table above (which includes self-plagiarism) are found, the manuscript is rejected. The authors may make the necessary changes and submit the manuscript again;
3. If the case persists, Odisseia editors reserve the right to reject the submission and file it.
