The Influence of the Internet on Plagiarism Among Doctoral Dissertations: An Empirical Study

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-166

  Ison, David C ^a  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic Integrity; Dissertation; Doctoral; Doctorate; Empirical; Ethics; Higher education; Plagiarism; Similarity index; Turnitin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937762570     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-015-9233-7     Document Type: Article

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