Trojan Citation is a practice where one cites a single quote while copying nine ideas from a source. Shaw (2016) states that someone who uses a Trojan Citation references a source only once to evade detection. This is an advanced level of plagiarism that reviewers and editors need to be particularly aware of.
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The term Trojan Citation is inspired by the Trojan Horse, which appears harmless but conceals significant danger. The editorial team must understand what constitutes a Trojan Citation as opposed to simply a poor citation (Shaw, 2016).
To determine whether a citation is a Trojan Citation or just a bad citation, one could start by asking why the author did not cite properly and why they chose to publish an article that lacks sufficient originality (Shaw, 2016).
Plagiarism detection software needs to be adaptive to these conditions to enhance its plagiarism detection capabilities, moving beyond mere text similarity checks. While we wait for this to happen, the editorial team needs to put in more effort by reading the papers that have been cited to assess the entirety of the article written by the author manually.
Reference
Shaw, D. The Trojan Citation and the “Accidental” Plagiarist. Bioethical Inquiry 13, 7–9 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-015-9696-7
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