Plagiarism

Statement on Plagiarism:

• Authors are responsible for checking and verifying the originality of their work before submitting it to IndiaFacts for publication
• Authors found plagiarizing will be barred from submitting further work to IndiaFacts
• What is plagiarism? (See: https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-plagiarism)
  • “Turning in someone else’s work as your own”
  • “Copying words or ideas or images/pictures/graphics from someone else without giving credit”
  • “Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation”
  • “Copying so many words and/or ideas from someone else that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not”