Plagiarism and Its Impact on Social Science Research

Dr.D.B.Usharani
Associate Professor & Head
PG &Research Department of Economics
Ethiraj College for Women
Chennai

1. What Is Plagiarism ? To use the words or ideas of another as if they were your own words or ideas To commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from existing source

2. Types of plagiarism Direct Plagiarism  submit another author’s work in your name Self or auto plagiarism : reuse a major part of your own work without attribution Paraphrasing plagiarism : make minor changes and use others writings Mosaic plagiarism : interlay someone else's phrases or texts in your work Accidental plagiarism : unintentional paraphrasing or coping due to neglect

3. Plagiarism tools online The DrillBit plagiarism detector is a cloud-based software designed and developed to identify copied or plagiarized content from the academic publishers, journals (both premium & open access), web pages, thesis & dissertations repositories. Link: https://www.drillbitplagiarism.com/ Turnitin is an originality checking and plagiarism prevention service that checks your writing for citation mistakes or inappropriate copyingLink: https ://www.turnitin.com /

4. Plagiarism tools online- List of Open software Link: https ://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ Link: https ://plagiarismdetector.net/ Link: https ://www.grammarly.com/plagiarism-checker Quillbot AI is a Free AI Detector that Detects content from AI writing tools like ChatGPT , GPT-4, and Google Gemini

5. Plagiarism tools online Drill bit- Extreme Plagiarism Detection Software is used to identify plagiarized content and prevent copyright infringen .It is a special software to cross-check theses submitted by PhD students.  Previously, the PhD research theses were checked in two software – Turnitin and Urkund , and their reports were submitted along with the thesis But as a part of the ‘ Shodh Shuddhi ’ initiative by the Union government, ‘ Drillbit ’ has been introduced from November 1, 2023, under the INFLIBNET project. 

6. Plagiarism tools

7. Step 6: Originality Reports for re-submitted documents can take up to 24 hours to process.

8. Plagiarism Report

9. Asked to submit revised script within 6 months Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level Similarities up to 10% Minor similarities , no penalty Similarities above 40% to 60% Debarred to submit the script for a year Similarities above 60% Registration for the program will be cancelled Plagiarism Disciplinary Authority Similarities above 10% to 40%

10. PLAGIARISM TOOL USES Reasons to use Plagiarism tools  Plagiarism tools have more sources and database for cross referencing than Google  P lagiarism detection software also gives  percentages of similarity . A university will have a standard percentage rate that is acceptable to them.

11.    plagiarism tools will highlight the material that is an exact match to the original author’s words. So rewording can be done  Printing out or saving an electronic copy of your plagiarism checker report can be proof to your instructor or university that your content is original.  Checking your paraphrasing abilities Proof that you have not plagiarized

12. Consequences of Plagiarism Destructed student reputation Destructed professional reputation Legal repercussions Monetary repercussions