Plagiarism; concepts, causes and strategies

The goal of science production is discovery of realities and improving the human situation that plagiarism and use of unethical means isn’t compatible with its. Most academic researchers have concluded that plagiarism is a serious violation of publishing ethics. In recent decades، the scientific community has faced with many concerns due to fast growth of plagiarism. Although plagiarism has spread but it isn’t consistent with the principles of science. nowadays some media have expressed concern about the fraud that including misconduct and data manipulation by popular scientists. The prevalence rate of plagiarism has been reported in different studies that it''s based on the field، country، and educational level and time. The goal of this study was the review of scientific concepts related to plagiarism، factors and roots، prevalence in the world، detecting methods and strategies used to dealing with in order to increase of understanding of instructors and students.