Ritesh G. Menezes, Smith Giri, Sadip Pant, Magdy A. Kharoshah, Mohammed Madadin and Burugina Nagaraja, Author at Social Science Space

Ritesh G. Menezes, Smith Giri, Sadip Pant, Magdy A. Kharoshah, Mohammed Madadin and Burugina Nagaraja

Ritesh G. Menezes and Mohammed Madadin are with the College of Medicine at King Fahd Hospital of the University, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia; Smith Giri is with the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Sadip Pant is with the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas; Magdy A. Kharoshah is with the Forensic Medicine Authority at the Egyptian Ministry of Justice; Sharath Burugina Nagaraja is with the Department of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College & PGIMSR in Bangalore.

A Primer on Plagiarism and Other Publishing Sins

High-quality scientific literature is the cornerstone of scientific progress and is highly regarded by academia. However, Ritesh G. Menezes and his colleagues write in the Medico-Legal Journal, scientific literature is often marred by plagiarism, data fabrication and falsification, redundant publication and illegitimate authorship.