Is there plagiarism in the most influential publications in the field of andrology?

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2019

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Wiley Online Library

Abstract

Plagiarism is a common form of academic misconduct that extensively jeopardises the quality of scientific publication. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent of plagiarism in the most influential andrology articles. A total of 77 highly cited andrology articles were analysed for their similarity index using iThenticate and Turnitin. The articles were categorised based on the year (before and on/after 2000) and type of publication (review and research articles), and the similarity indices were compared. Furthermore, the analysed articles were categorised based on the level of similarity using an arbitrary similarity index range (low: ≤10, moderate: 11–20, high: 21–50 and very high: >50) and average incidence rate (%) was determined.

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andrology, plagiarism, plagiarism detection tool, scientific misconduct, similarity index

Citation

Baskaran, S, Agarwal, A, Panner Selvam, MK, et al. Is there plagiarism in the most influential publications in the field of andrology? Andrologia. 2019; 51:e13405. https://doi.org/10.1111/and.13405