Plagiarism: a cause for concern

It is very important that authors should present and discuss scientific data in an accurate, ethical and honest way. [1] Plagiarism is one of the very important problems which have been plaguing literature, art and science since times immemorial. According to Oxford dictionary of literary terms, 'plagiarism' is "the theft of ideas or of written passages or works, where these are passed off as one's own work without acknowledgement of their true origin; or a piece of writing thus stolen...... A person practising this form of literary theft is a 'plagiarist'. The older term 'plagiary' was applied both to plagiarisms and to plagiarists". [2]