Plagiarism Accusation Against Dr. Sangiliyandi Gurunathan and His Group
What is Plagiarism ? Plagiarism is the representation of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work. In educational contexts, there are differing definitions of plagiarism depending on the institution. The word plagiarism has come from the Latin word ‘plagiarius,’ which means to kidnap. Plagiarism is to steal and pass off ideas or words of another as one’s own. It is presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. Plagiarism Accusation Against Dr. Sangiliyandi Gurunathan and His Group The Nov/Dec 2010 edition of the Biotechnology Advances journal brought out a notice that accused Dr. Sangiliyandi Gurunathan and his group of plagiarizing an article on “Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology,” Kalasalingam University. The accusation led to the retraction of the paper from the jour...