Self-Plagiarism in Academic Publishing: The Anatomy of a Misnomer

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 775-797

  Andreescu, Liviu ^a  

^a SPIRU HARET UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Academic ethics; Academic publishing; Copyright infringement; Duplicate publication; Informational noise; Salami publication; Self plagiarism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; PUBLISHING;

HUMANS; PLAGIARISM; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84883779757     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-012-9416-1     Document Type: Article

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