Writing Guide

The following plagiarism search strings have been developed in PubMed and Scopus.

• To view the citations, click on “Current Search Results” for the database.
• Users can cut and paste the search strategy into PubMed or Scopus (use the "Article Title" dropdown in the Basic Search mode) and combine with additional search terms.
• Users can set up a PubMed search alert or Scopus search alert. Users can also cut and paste the search strategy into PubMed or Scopus using the Advanced Search mode) and combine with additional search terms.

PubMed includes over 35 million citations from the biomedicine and health fields, and related disciplines such as life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering.  (Note: Results may include preprints. Preprints are not peer reviewed.)

Search String

("Plagiarism"[Majr]) OR (plagiariz*[Title] OR plagiaris*[Title] OR plagiarism[Title])

PubMed Search Results

Scopus is a multidisciplinary database and includes over 90 million citations in the physical sciences, health sciences, life sciences, and social sciences.

Search String

TITLE ( plagiariz* OR plagiaris* OR plagiarism )

Scopus Search Results