{"id":5397,"date":"2018-09-11T11:24:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T11:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/3-techniques-to-avoid-plagiarism-in-your-research-paper\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T07:43:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T07:43:54","slug":"3-techniques-to-avoid-plagiarism-in-your-research-paper","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/3-techniques-to-avoid-plagiarism-in-your-research-paper","title":{"rendered":"3 Techniques to avoid plagiarism in your research paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through the course of your research project, it is possible that you might\u00a0come across existing literature\u00a0that has either reported a unique investigative technique, or described the structure of a compound, or effectively explained a process, or even developed\u00a0a unparralelled theory. Although you may feel that you cannot improve on these existing\u00a0descriptions, you cannot use parts of these previously published studies in your own\u00a0paper verbatim. Presenting someone else&#8217;s work as your own\u00a0is known as plagiarism and it is\u00a0considered a highly unethical practice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So what if you want to cite another researcher&#8217;s work in your own paper? Is there a\u00a0way to incorportate previously published work into your own writing without being accused of plagiarism? This infographic briefly explains three techniques that you could employ to avoid plagiarism in your research paper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Feel free to download a PDF version of this infographic and print it out as a handy reference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3 techniques to avoid plagiarism in your research paper\" class=\"responsive\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%225865%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%223%20techniques%20to%20avoid%20plagiarism%20in%20your%20research%20paper%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%223%20techniques%20to%20avoid%20plagiarism%20in%20your%20research%20paper%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/3%20techniques%20to%20avoid%20plagiarism.jpg\" style=\"\" title=\"3 techniques to avoid plagiarism in your research paper\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2383],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5397","comic_strip","type-comic_strip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plagiarism-in-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 Techniques to avoid plagiarism in your research paper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Plagiarism is one of\u00a0the most common reasons for journal rejection and is considered a highly unethical practice. 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