Publishing Issues (Copyright/Plagiarism)
The goal of this standards page is to provide links to standards for use in application or teaching in the human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) area.
Review Criteria
- Is the publishing resource current (e.g., reflecting latest copyright laws, accounting for online material)?
- Are examples provided?
- Is the publishing resource thorough and detailed?
- Is the publishing resource from a credible source?
- Is the publishing resource relevant to one of the three HFES target user roles (student, teacher, professional)? Is it written in a format that can be understood by each audience? And are we adequately meeting the needs of each role?
- Is it a comprehensive resource, thus reducing the number of resource links that need to be aggregated by HFES and digested by members?
- Is the publishing resource usable and accessible?
Publishing Resources
Whether you're a student, teacher, or professional, publishing is a critical activity that advances the field of HF/E. Students need to be informed of plagiarism and copyright issues while producing papers and pursuing research related to their degree. Teachers need to educate students about these issues, while at the same time publishing their own research findings. Professionals apply this research daily at work and publish their own articles and research.
This page provides resources for learning and applying the following topics:
- Plagiarism
- Copyright infringement
- Academic publishing
- Peer review
- Open access
Plagiarism is "the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work." (Wikipedia)
What is plagiarism? (Turnitin.com)
Plagiarism FAQs (Turnitin.com)
Plagiarism resources (UMUC)
Plagiarism Prevention and Dection(FIU)
Academic Policies: Make sure you review your institution's academic integrity or plagiarism policy. Visit your institution web site, or find it in this list of policies (UMUC).
How to prevent plagiarism.
Preventing plagiarism: Resources for educators.
Turnitin.com research resources.
Copyright Infringement
- Copyright infringement (or copyright violation) is "the unauthorized use of material which is covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the original copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works that build upon it." (Wikipedia)
Copyright topic summary (Wikipedia).
- Copyright Information Center (Cornell University)
Copyright and fair use in the classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web (UMUC).
U.S. Laws, Regulations, and Policymaking (UMUC)
Center for Intellectual Property (UMUC)
- Academic publishing describes "the subfield of publishing that distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in journal article or book form. Much, though not all, academic publishing relies on some form of peer review or editorial refereeing to qualify texts for publication." (Wikipedia)
Peer Review
- Peer review (known as refereeing in some academic fields) is "a process of subjecting an author's scholarly work or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the field." (Wikipedia)
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