{"id":463,"date":"2018-04-13T13:42:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T13:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/indias-new-four-tier-system-to-counter-plagiarism-meets-with-mixed-responses\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:47:23","slug":"indias-new-four-tier-system-to-counter-plagiarism-meets-with-mixed-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/indias-new-four-tier-system-to-counter-plagiarism-meets-with-mixed-responses","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s new four-tier system to counter plagiarism meets with mixed responses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">The Indian government recently announced the drafting of a policy, which includes a four-tier system, to penalize researchers engaging in academic plagiarism. This announcement has elicited mixed responses among researchers, some applauding the country\u2019s first attempt to hold researchers accountable for research misconduct, some viewing it skeptically, and some others declaring it inaccurate. The policy is yet to be approved by the\u00a0Human Resource Development Ministry, which responsible for the development of human resources in India. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Plagiarism has been identified as a <a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4587026\/\">persistent problem in Indian research<\/a>, but the country had not adopted a systematic approach to tackle it up until now. For the first time, the <a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ugc.ac.in\/\">University Grants Commission of India (UGC)<\/a>, a statutory body that manages higher education, is taking formal steps to regulate the issue. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">The four-tier policy takes into account different levels of plagiarism and states the consequences for authors accordingly. The four tiers are as follows: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>First tier:<\/b> Plagiarism as low as 10% will fall under this category. It would be considered acceptable and would not invite any disciplinary action. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Second tier:<\/b> Similarities in the range of 10% to 40% will require the student to revise and resubmit the paper within six months, whereas faculty members would have to withdraw their paper that contains plagiarized content. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Third tier:<\/b> If the plagiarism is found to be in the range of 40% to 60 students will be deprived of submitting the revised paper for the duration of one year. Faculty members found guilty of this would lose their annual pay rise and would have to give up academic supervision duties for two years.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Fourth tier:<\/b> If plagiarism of more than 60% would be found, authors would be asked to leave the program and the faculty would lose their annual pay rise for two years and face a three-year ban on academic supervision duties. Repeat offenders could face disciplinary action and termination of their duties. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Some researchers like Virander Singh Chauhan, executive head of the\u00a0<a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.naac.gov.in\/\">National Assessment and Accreditation Council<\/a> in Bengaluru, have welcomed the move and feel it is \u201ca much-needed step in the right direction.\u201d The same sentiment, however, is not shared by all academics in India. Skeptics are of the opinion that plagiarism is an offence that cannot be categorized. \u201cIs this a joke?\u201d questions Valangiman Subramanian Ramamurthy, a nuclear physicist at the <a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nias.res.in\/\">National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bengaluru<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Pointing out the loopholes in the policy, Nandula Raghuram, a biotechnology professor at <a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipu.ac.in\/\">Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University<\/a>, said that the tier system could prove to be \u201cdangerous\u201d as it may place power in the hands of higher education institutions who could misuse it. He adds that some parts of the manuscript such as the materials and methods section tend to have a high percentage of similarity, which the policymakers should consider. However, the policy document states that only the abstract, summary, hypothesis, results, conclusions, and recommendations will be assessed for similarities with previously published literature. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">All Indian universities will be expected to follow the policy. The policy requires the universities to set up interdepartmental panels to deal with cases in which plagiarism is suspected. Institute-wide panels too will need to be created to review the departmental decisions and handle appeals. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">It remains to be seen if these changes succeed in bringing awareness among Indian researchers regarding research and publication ethics and reducing the number of plagiarism related incidents. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Related reading: <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/research-misconduct-and-the-need-for-author-education\/\">Research misconduct and the need for author education<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/5-easy-tips-to-avoid-accidental-plagiarism\/\">5 easy tips to avoid accidental plagiarism<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/whats-the-big-deal-about-self-plagiarism\/\">What&#8217;s the big deal about self-plagiarism?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-an-author-countered-false-allegations-of-plagiarism-a-case-study\/\">How an author countered false allegations of plagiarism: A case study<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><strong>Frequently asked questions about plagiarism:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/is-it-plagiarism-if-i-use-the-same-words-as-the-original-text-but-cite-the-source\/\">Is it plagiarism if I use the same words as the original text but cite the source?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/the-journal-suspects-that-my-manuscript-is-plagiarized-what-should-i-do\/\">The journal suspects that my manuscript is plagiarized. What should I do?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/is-it-plagiarism-if-two-studies-use-the-same-text-in-the-methods-section\/\">Is it plagiarism if two studies use the same text in the methods section?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">References:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2018\/04\/india-creates-unique-tiered-system-punish-plagiarism\">India creates unique tiered system to punish plagiarism<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.india.com\/education\/ugc-plagiarism-policy-research-students-may-lose-their-registration-teacher-their-jobs-if-found-guilty-of-plagiarism-2977720\/\">Research scholars to lose their jobs if found guilty of plagiarism<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian government recently announced the drafting of a policy, which includes a four-tier system, to penalize researchers engaging in academic plagiarism. 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