Plagiarism is the immoral act of copying another person's earlier ideas, procedures, results, or words without explicitly acknowledging the author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author uses a significant portion of his or her own previously published work without properly referencing it. This can include anything from publishing the same manuscript in various journals to updating a previously published work with fresh information.

Any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form is strictly prohibited by Med-Discoveries journal. Plagiarism is defined as the copying of major chunks of a text from previously available sources. Plagiarism is checked on all publications submitted for publication in the journal. Plagiarism is detected during the first stages of review, and manuscripts are immediately rejected and not considered for publishing in the journal.

Plagiarism can take many forms.

The Med-Discoveries journal considers the following categories of plagiarism:

Full Plagiarism: Full plagiarism is defined as previously published content with no changes to the text, idea, or grammar. It entails presenting a source's precise wording as one's own.

Partial Plagiarism: When the content is a mix of numerous sources and the author has heavily rewritten the text, it is referred to as partial plagiarism

Self-Plagiarism occurs when an author reuses all or part of their previously published research. When an author republishes their own previously published work in a new journal, this is known as complete self-plagiarism.