Education Journal Editors’ Perspectives on Self-Plagiarism

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-25

  Bruton, Samuel V ^a   Rachal, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Editors; Journals; Plagiarism; Research ethics; Self plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925494374     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-014-9224-0     Document Type: Article

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