[Scientific stealing (Plagiarism) in medical journals].
The obligation to publish academic papers in order to get academic rank has made medical doctors more ambitious to publish faster and more papers. According to the ethical and legal rules in our country and in the world, if an idea or technical methods of another person is used in a medical journal, the owner of the method or idea and its publication has to be cited. If an idea, information or a technical method of another scientist is published without citation as if it was one's own idea it's called "Plagiarism". Despite the prohibitive laws and rules, this scientific stealing has become an increasing problem for medical journals worldwide.
Enöz
Murat
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Department of Otolaryngology, Mareşal Cakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey. muratenoz@gmail.com
D006801:Humans; D015714:Plagiarism; D011643:Publishing