Plagiarism is defined as "The appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit" (OSTP 2000).
Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:
- Using someone's ideas, results, or words without clear attribution
- Representing someone's ideas, results, or words as your own original work
- Using someone's ideas, results, or words from a proposal or manuscript you are reviewing or have reviewed
- Including your own previously published findings in a manuscript without citing the earlier publication
