Types of Plagirism

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10 Types of Plagiarism – Every Academic

Writer Should Know


Plagiarism is the most common issue that every academic writer
faces while writing their research paper or dissertation. The famous
plagiarism checking tools such as Duplichecker and Turnitin are
classifying the plagiarisms into 10 common types before generating
the report. In this article, we are going to find out the 10 types of
plagiarism that every academic writer should know to avoid it.
1. “Clone” – Plagiarism
Cloning plagiarism is also called identical copying. In Cloning, one
person copies another work (word-for-word) without any change and
claim as his own work.

2. “Remix” – Plagiarism
In the remix type of plagiarism, one person collects information from
various sources and mix all together as a single document then claim
the work as their own work.

3. “Ctrl+C” – Plagiarism
In the written document a significant portion of text copied from any
single source without any alteration then it is called Ctrl+C kind of
plagiarism.

4. “Hybrid” – Plagiarism
In the hybrid type of plagiarism, Perfectly cited source documents are
copied and arranged as a new document without citation.

5. “Find-Replace” – Plagiarism
Changing the most common keywords and phrases in the copied
content and not making any changes in the essential document is
called “Find and Replace” – kind of plagiarism.

6. “Recycle” – Plagiarism
Recycle is also called self-plagiarism. It refers to the act of borrowing
from one’s own previous document without a proper citation.

7. “Mashup” – Plagiarism
When the written document is copied from more than one source and
all are mixed together without any proper citation then it is called
mashup kind of plagiarism

8. “404 Error” – Plagiarism


“404 Error” – plagiarism is the eighth most important type. In this, a
person creates a document by copying from various sources and
prepare as a single document with the citation. but if the citation is
inaccurate or it will lead to non-existing resources then it will be called
404 types of plagiarism.

9. “Aggregator” – Plagiarism
In this type of plagiarism, the written document includes all the
proper citation but it does not contain original work then it is called
aggregator plagiarism.

10. “Re-Tweet” – Plagiarism


If all the written document seems perfect with properly cited mark but
still the document resembles somewhere the original text’s structure
or wordings then it is called Re-Tweet plagiarism.
Tips to Avoid Plagiarism
 Read and understand the original document several times before start
explaining about it.
 Do not copy any word or sentence from the original document.
 Give proper citation to all the sources(Books, Journal, Website, Video, and so
on).
 In case of citing online sources, Include the accessed date and appropriate
URL in the reference.
 Common phrases and definition need to be quoted and cited without any
modification.
 Make a practice to include the “references” section whenever write an
academic document.
 Cross verify all your citations before submitting your document.
 Finally, take a plagiarism report from any one of the famous plagiarism
software to ensure the originality of the written document.
Hope, this will help academic writers to know about the 10 common
types of plagiarisms and its severity.

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