The publications ethics committee of the British Journal of Surgery 3 considers that plagiarism has been committed "when manuscripts by others, published or not, are used in part or whole, without references, that includes scientific research and even applications for research funds, even if they are in a different language.
El Comité de Ética de Publicaciones del British Journal of Surgery 3 considera que se ha cometido plagio “cuando se usan, sin referencias, manuscritos realizados por otros, ya sean publicados o no publicados que incluyen investigación científica, solicitudes de fondos para investigación, manuscritos completos o en parte, aunque sean en un idioma diferente.