Text duplication of papers in four medical related fields  

作　　者：Ping Ni Lianhui Shan Yong Li Xinying An 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Medical Information,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College,Beijing 100020,China

出　　处：《Journal of Data and Information Science》2023年第4期36-48,共13页数据与情报科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (Grant No.2021-I2M-1-033)。

摘　　要：Purpose:To reveal the typical features of text duplication in papers from four medical fields:basic medicine,health management,pharmacology and pharmacy,and public health and preventive medicine.To analyze the reasons for duplication and provide suggestions for the management of medical academic misconduct.Design/methodology/approach:In total,2,469 representative Chinese journal papers were included in our research,which were submitted by researchers in 2020 and 2021.A plagiarism check was carried out using the Academic Misconduct Literature Check System(AMLC).We generated a corrected similarity index based on the AMLC general similarity index for further analysis.We compared the similarity indices of papers in four medical fields and revealed their trends over time;differences in similarity index between review and research articles were also analyzed according to the different fields.Further analysis of 143 papers suspected of plagiarism was also performed from the perspective of sections containing duplication and according to the field of research.Findings:Papers in the field of pharmacology and pharmacy had the highest similarity index(8.67±5.92%),which was significantly higher than that in other fields,except health management.The similarity index of review articles(9.77±10.28%)was significantly higher than that of research articles(7.41±6.26%).In total,143 papers were suspected of plagiarism(5.80%)with similarity indices≥15%;most were papers on health management(78,54.55%),followed by public health and preventive medicine(38,26.58%);90.21%of the 143 papers had duplication in multiple sections,while only 9.79%had duplication in a single section.The distribution of sections with duplication varied among different fields;papers in pharmacology and pharmacy were more likely to have duplication in the data/methods and introduction/background sections,however,papers in health management were more likely to contain duplication in the introduction/background or results/discussion sections.Different structures

关 键 词：PLAGIARISM Medical related fields Similarity index Sections containing duplication 

分 类 号：R-05[医药卫生] G353.1[文化科学—情报学]