widely used citation style guide for the researchers that how to cite and referencing...
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APA is a citation style used by certain journals. Citing an article or a book in any citation style reduces the chance for plagiarism if the citation is performed properly. When you cite an author or a paper , you are making it visible, and this goes against the possibility of plagiarism.
Well, all the style manuals have recommendations for avoiding plagiarism. Please have a look at some of the most popular style guides.
AMA [American Medical Association] 2007. AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th Ed.). Oxford University Press, New York, 1024p.
APA [American Psychological Association] 2013. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th Ed). American Psychological Association, Washington DC, 272 p.
CSE [Council of Science Editors] 2018. Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (8th Ed.): The University of Chicago Press, 840p.
MLA [Modern Language Association of America] 2016. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (8th Ed.) Modern Language Association of America, 146p
UChicago [University of Chicago] 2017. Chicago Manual of Style [CMOS]. University of Chicago Press, 1144p.
The CSE (formerly, the Council of Biology Editors or CBE) recommends CSE style for all scientific disciplines. AMA style is the preferred guide for medicine and related health fields, especially in the USA. Originally meant for psychology, APA style is now a preferred guide for referencing in social and behavioral sciences such as psychology, sociology, and education. The Modern Language Association developed the MLA Style for language and literature. CMOS is the most popular style guide in the United States, which deals mainly with American English.
Well, if you follow all the instructions given in such style guides scrupulously, probably you can!
I am 100% sure the APA citation style will not reduce the plagiarism.
What should be done to avoid plagiarism and self-plagiarism has been covered in item 1.10 (page 10) and in the chapter 6 on "Crediting sources" (page 169) of the " Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association" (6th Ed). Please go through these pages.
Answer from Query writer
American psychological Association (APA) citation style guide has started functioning in 1929 and now after 80 years 6th Edition is a stable version that guide us for how to write manuscripts for academic and scholarly writings. It has wide standard developed in order to maintain bias free scholarly writings such as
1. Type of articles whether empirical studies, literature reviews, theoretical articles, methodological articles, case studies etc.
2. Ethics and legal standards in publishing
3. Accuracy of scientific knowledge
4. Protecting Intellectual property rights (IPR’s)
5. Manuscript structure & content : Journal Article Reporting standards
6. Writing clearly concisely (length, headings)
7. Writing style : continuity and presentation of idea, smoothness of expression, tone, economy of expression, precision and clarity, linguistics aspects, approaches for improvement writing styles.
8 Plagiarism and Self Plagiarism
9. Reducing bias in language and many more
all these aspects while preparing the manuscripts for the scholarly writings definitely maintain originality and maintain Zero plagiarism.
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