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Thieving knowledge and other creations is plagiarism. Emergence of the information technologies and the consequent information explosion, and other changes affecting research, creativity and the academia, it is becoming more and more the talk of the academic town. In the academic world and creative circles everybody is talking of it, as if all have become bitten now by this old bug.  Plagiarism must be curbed, though it cannot be eradicated. It must be controlled to provide security and encouragement to creators on whose creative labours the society moves onto the path of overall progress. The best means is to sensitize and educate people from early childhood against this menace and its devastating consequences.  This is an internationally commissioned compilation of articles from some of the known authorities in the field, and who have already some research to their credit. Papers fall mostly in three broader categories: theory of plagiarism and ways to curb it; attitudes towards plagiarism in different countries and various academic disciplines; and lastly, punishment for plagiarism by way of public exposure and trial of their crime and retraction of published articles.  The aim is to promote an ethical culture, and high standards of integrity and transparency in the conduct of research and publications. It is earnestly hoped these papers based on research and reflections provide some grist to the mill of scholars and activists working against plagiarism – to make society free of this plague.   

Contents: Foreword/H. K. Kaul. Preface/M.P. Satija and Daniel Martínez-Ávila. 1. Plagiarism: An introduction/M.P. Satija. 2. The problem of plagiarism in retractions of published articles/John M. Budd. 3. Plagiarism and high politics: a threat to democracy/Theodor Tudoroiu. 4. Ethical use of information : the contribution of the academic libraries in the prevention of plagiarism/Helena Isabel Pereira Leitão, Maria da Graça de Melo Simões, Patrícia de Almeida and Daniel Martínez-Ávila. 5 Does Open Access Promote Plagiarism?/Prabhash N. Rath and Sanjaya Mishra. 6. Plagiarism and the new norm in scholarly communication: the new information professionals and open access advocacy/Groups’ Perspective and Stavroula Sant-Geronikolou.7. Measuring plagiarism research output: a bibliometric analysis/Suresh K Chauhan. 8. Plagiarism : a growing menace across academia/Ramesh Pandita and Shivendra Singh. 9. Beleaguered and tousled research: murky waters of plagiarism and retractions/Sumeer Gul and Taufat Hussain. 10. Plagiarism in research publications and violation of law and ethics/R Saha. 11. Plagiarism : an academic dishonesty: a bibliometric insight into the spread of problem/V. J. Suseela and V. Uma. 12. Reflections about research ethics in contemporary society/Marta Ligia Pomim Valentim. 13. Role of information literacy in curbing plagiarism/Helen de Castro S. Casarin. 14. Policies and guidelines for academic conduct in universities: a survey of the international landscape/Manorama Tripathi, Gayatri Dwivedi and Parveen Babbar. 15. Plagiarism and guides to good scientific practices: the Brazilian perspective/Eduardo Graziosi Silva, João Carlos Gardini Santos and José Augusto Chaves Guimarães. 16. Understanding the concept of plagiarism among Iranian students/Asefeh Asemi and Marzieh Sadat Hosseini. 17. Awareness and attitude of agricultural students towards plagiarism/Nirmal Singh, Sanjeev Kumar and Dhiraj Kumar. 18. Academic Plagiarism : an overview of the policy and preventive measures in Pakistan/Kanwal Ameen and Faiqa Mansoor. 19. Ethical Policies of LIS e-Journals Listed in the UGC Approved List/Dinesh K Gupta and Vijendra Kumar. 20. Controlling Plague of Plagiarism in Indian Academic Institutions: Draft UGC Plagiarism Regulations 2018/Ramesh C. Gaur. 21 The Pressures and Perils of Overachieving - An Inquiry into the Kaavya Viswanathan Case/Gurpartap S. Khairah and Nirmal Singh. 22. Anti-Plagiarism Software Check to the Doctoral Theses in Indian Universities and Institutions/S. T. Kale. 23. Information on Plagiarism at the University of Bradford University of Bradford Library. Appendices. Bibliography. Glossary.