Table 2.
Plagiarism policies in included journals (n=100)
| Publisher | Access | Scope | Total (n=100) |
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| Non-commercial publisher (n=59) | Commercial publisher*(n=41) | Open access (n=69) |
Paid access (n=31) |
General (n=48) |
Specialised (n=52) | ||
| Plagiarism policy available (n (%)) | 13 (22) | 13 (32) | 24 (35) | 2 (6) | 6 (13) | 20 (38) | 26 |
| Definition of plagiarism (n (%)) | 5 (8) | 9 (22) | 13 (19) | 1 (3) | 2 (4) | 12 (23) | 14 |
| Reference to text matching software (n (%)) | 6 (10) | 10 (24) | 14 (20) | 2 (6) | 3 (6) | 13 (25) | 16 |
| Consequences of plagiarism described (n (%)) | 11 (19) | 10 (24) | 20 (29) | 1 (3) | 6 (13) | 15 (29) | 21 |
| Reference to COPE flowchart (n (%)) | 2 (3) | 2 (5) | 3 (4) | 1 (3) | 0 | 4 (8) | 4 |
*Medknow Publications, based in India (19 journals); Health and Medical Publishing group (6 journals), Medpharm Publications (4 journals), AOSIS Publishing (3 journals), In House publications (2 journals) and LAM publications Ltd (1 journal), all based in South Africa; Bookbuilders Africa (1 journal), Michael Joanna Publications (1 journal), Fine Print and Manufacturers (1 journal), CME ventures (1 journal) and SAME ventures (1 journal) based in Nigeria; and AKS publications (1 journal), based in Mauritius.
COPE, Committee on Publication Ethics.