Sankarganesh - I think the acceptable level of plagiarism to publish a new book as per UGC, New Delhi India is a part of overall plagiarism policy. The core work carried out by the student, faculty, staff and researcher shall be based on original ideas and shall be covered by Zero Tolerance Policy on Plagiarism. In case plagiarism is established in the core work claimed then Plagiarism Disciplinary Authority (PDA) of the HEI shall impose maximum penalty. The core work shall include abstract, summary, hypothesis, observations, results, conclusions and recommendations. 9. Levels of Plagiarism in non-core areas For all other (non-core) cases, plagiarism would be quantified into following levels in ascending order of severity for the purpose of its definition: Similarities up to 10% .- excluded Level 1: Similarities above 10% to 40% Level 3: Similarities above 40% to 60% Level 3: Similarities above 60%.

Please see for further details - UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (PROMOTION OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PREVENTION OF PLAGIARISM IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS) REGULATIONS - 2017 NOTIFICATION, dated Ist September, 2017.

Zero percentage...

Sure zero percentage ratio my friend...

Hi,

Zero percent of plagiarism is always recommended. Originality in writing is always preferred.

up to 10% similarities there’s is no penalty as per UGC. Check UGC guidline for detail.

Dear Dr. Sankarganesh, P.,

For guidelines under UGC acceptable level of Plagiarism to publish a new book, Kindly go through section 12.2 of UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NOTIFICATION, UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (PROMOTION OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PREVENTION OF PLAGIARISM IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 2018 New Delhi, the 23rd July, 2018

F. 1-18/2010(CPP-II).—

Preamble

Whereas, University Grants Commission (UGC), as per UGC Act, 1956, is mandated to coordinate and determine the standards of higher education;

And whereas, assessment of academic and research work done leading to the partial fulfillment for the award of degrees at Masters and Research level, by a student or a faculty or a researcher or a staff, in the form of thesis, dissertation and publication of research papers, chapters in books, full-fledged books and any other similar work, reflects the extent to which elements of academic integrity and originality are observed in various relevant processes adopted by Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs);

Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (j) of Section 12 read with clauses (f) and (g) of subsection (1) of Section 26 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, the University Grants Commission hereby makes the following regulations:-

12.2 Penalties in case of plagiarism in academic and research publications

I. Level 0: Similarities up to 10% - Minor similarities, no penalty.

II. Level 1: Similarities above 10% to 40%

i) Shall be asked to withdraw manuscript.

III. Level 2: Similarities above 40% to 60%

i) Shall be asked to withdraw manuscript.

ii) Shall be denied a right to one annual increment.

iii) Shall not be allowed to be a supervisor to any new Master’s, M.Phil., Ph.D. Student/scholar for a period of two years.

IV. Level 3: Similarities above 60%

i) Shall be asked to withdraw manuscript.

ii) Shall be denied a right to two successive annual increments.

iii) Shall not be allowed to be a supervisor to any new Master’s, M.Phil., Ph.D. Student/scholar for a period of three years.

Note 1: Penalty on repeated plagiarism - Shall be asked to withdraw manuscript and shall be punished for the plagiarism of one level higher than the lower level committed by him/her. In case where plagiarism of highest level is committed then the punishment for the same shall be operative. In case level 3 offence is repeated then the disciplinary action including suspension/termination as per service rules shall be taken by the HEI.

Note 2: Penalty in case where the benefit or credit has already been obtained - If plagiarism is proved on a date later than the date of benefit or credit obtained as the case may be then his/her benefit or credit shall be put in abeyance for a period recommended by IAIP and approved by the Head of the Institution. 12 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]

Note 3: HEIs shall create a mechanism so as to ensure that each of the paper publication/thesis/dissertation by the student, faculty, researcheror staff of the HEI is checked for plagiarism at the time of forwarding/submission.

Note 4: If there is any complaint of plagiarism against the Head of an HEI, a suitable action, in line with these regulations, shall be taken by the Controlling Authority of the HEI.

Note 5: If there is any complaint of plagiarism against the Head of Department/Authorities at the institutional level, a suitable action, in line with these regulations, shall be recommended by the IAIP and approved by the Competent Authority.

Note 6: If there is any complaint of plagiarism against any member of DAIP or IAIP, then such member shall excuse himself / herself from the meeting(s) where his/her case is being discussed/investigated.

Source: https://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/7771545_academic-integrity-Regulation2018.pdf

I hope the information will help you.

With Best Wishes,

Samir G. Pandya

I agree with Dr Sankarganesh,p.

Dear Dr. Sankarganesh, P.

0% plagiarism

The point here is to differentiate between plagiarism and similarity. To avoid plagiarism, cite and acknowledge another authors’ work if you use it. To avoid similarity, paraphrase the other authors’ work. Anyway, you should cite, acknowledge and reference sources that you used appropriately.

Plagiarism and self citation is very common. Author must take care that it must not exceed the limit of the particular journal you are planning to submit your paper. In case you need an authentic plagiarism report for your paper i provide it by Turnitin software. Contact me for the same.

Publishing copyrights first....

Interesting question .. I expect not more than 20% .. Follow

Hi,

0-15% is said to be the acceptable limit. However, would you have ripped off content when you are expressing your own scientific thoughts? But, the algorithm used to verify plagiarism also plays truant. For 3-4 letter technical terms, it would detect and report it as plagiarism.

I believe that plagiarism must be available so that writer could include others views as well however

For Book - it should not exceed 20%. According to me, plagiarism should be 15% plus and minus 5%. Hope this CV clarifies.

For Research / Review Paper - it should be between 7% - 12%

Mohamed Hossni: could you please give us the difference(s) between plagiarism and similarity?

By the way, thanks to Dr. Sankarganesh, P. for raising this valuable question.

Hi,

Every published book has an ISBN, this number identified the book. Plagiarism is plagiarism at any level, if you copy sentences or whole sections from a book without citing the originator of this information, than this is plagiarism, and should be avoided.

Refer UGCs "Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions Draft 2018". Plagiarism level (zero) is 10 percent for any publications.

Can we give the thesis work for book chapter but it is showing the plagiarism 68 percent in that case what we can do.

I think it should be not more than 15-20%.

UGC (India) has approved plagiarism regulation where plagiarism should more than 10%.

Percentage of plagiarism in any research writing may be 10% or less or more but one may maintain plagiarism percentage at "ZERO" level. That depend upon the author skill.

Less than 15% is acceptable.

Suppose India approved plagiarism less than10 percentage overall for the doctoral degree theses / other manuscripts by the resolution this may vary from country to country.

Hi,

The ISBN is a book identifying number. Plagiarism is plagiarism if it is defined as such, and it does not matter what type of literature is plagiarized. Citing and acknowledging previous author is a better alternative.

Plagiarism not counted against types materials you published. It is checked for the manuscript of books, journal articles, a doctoral thesis, the presentations or other academic writings. The purpose is to avoide similarities to the other published works of authors. The book with ISBN not separately counted for the plagiarism check. Now UGC india issued separate notification towards plagiarism checks. The work should have below 10%.

Plagiarism should be avoided at all levels and I think similarity index of less than 10% is acceptable if all articles consulted have been properly referenced.

Research has shown that desperation for promotion by researchers is one of the key reasons for plagiarizing.

We should, first of all, differentiate between Plagiarism and similarity index. They may sound synonymous but are not.

I have seen scholars say one's work should have "ZERO PERCENT" which is definitely not ideal for academic work. Having a zero percentage simply means there were no cited works.

OInn general, 15 percent or less is ok.

If you are good contributor it should be ZERO level otherwise it limit to below 10 percent.

Sometimes usage of simple words such as : is, was, and, are, because, Note, respondents, per cent, etc.,are showing similarities with other works. So don't considered those simple things while calculating the percentage of similarity. its better to have less than 20 per cent. due to the above mentioned reason.

Although more than %age Similarity is not good for the publication of a Book, it is acceptable if less than 20% but it is always good if less than 15%.

But many journals are not accepting more than 15%.

So try to maintain it at less than 15%.

Every research writings, plagiarism should be ZERO level and it is not difficult to maintain the ZERO plagiarism. Further you follow APA citation style and guide for description of references and citations,

Dear Dr. Sankarganesh, P. I am also submitting a draft of a book on a common topic but very much puzzled with the plagiarism issues. How much should it be?

If we follow the UGC guidelines, what should we set the word limit or % of the similarity content in turnitin?