Discussing plagiarism in Latin American science: Brazilian researchers begin to address an ethical issue

EMBO Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 677-682

  Vasconcelos, Sonia ^a   Leta, Jacqueline ^a   Costa, Lídia ^b   Pinto, André ^c   Sorenson, Martha M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c MILITARY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; GRADUATE STUDENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

BRAZIL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PLAGIARISM; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OFFICE OF RESEARCH INTEGRITY;

EID: 67650084669     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2009.134     Document Type: Article

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