Literary and scientific theft

Scientific plagiarism is one of the most serious academic problems, which has dire consequences, and may lead to the termination of the scientific career of the researcher or student, especially if the percentage of scientific plagiarism is very large, because it contradicts the ultimate goal of scientific research, which is to enrich scientific fields with new knowledge, and improve societies. Individuals. The researcher who plagiarizes science in addition to deceiving himself in the first place, he also does not present anything new to science, but rather repeats and repeats what already exists, but with some modifications and without documentation, and sometimes copies the original text as it is without modification! Therefore, scientific theft must be combated in all possible ways and means to preserve the objectives of scientific research, and to maintain its effectiveness.
What is scientific plagiarism?
It is a common problem -especially among students-, and it is defined as: a student stealing the works or ideas of others, and including them in his article or study as his personal diligence, without mentioning the original source.

Some believe that scientific plagiarism is simply the theft of words and texts from their original source, and this is an incomplete view of the matter, as scientific theft is the theft of ideas, trends and opinions in the first place, so it is considered an infringement on the intellectual rights of others and entails heavy penalties.
(It is worth noting that paraphrasing the paragraphs without citing the original source is also considered plagiarism.)

Here it is necessary to clarify the difference between scientific theft, quotation, or citation. Plagiarism is the stealing of the original text without reference to the source from which the text was taken. As for quoting, it means citing a paragraph or group of paragraphs from a particular study or article, with mentioning the source of those paragraphs. and documented in the reference list.