Understanding plagiarism: Awareness, attitudes, and implications for research integrity among scholars

Abstract

Present study is an attempt to identify the attitudes and perceptions of the research scholars towards the awareness on plagiarism for quality research output. Research is a process of conducting enquiry to create new knowledge. In the process of writing research papers and books, authors tend to copy existing content from other subjects without paying due acknowledgement to the original work. This results in violating copyright law and plagiarism. The best way to maintain quality in research is to pay gratification and acknowledge to the original work.