Scientists Admitting to Plagiarism: A Meta-analysis of Surveys

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1331-1352

  Pupovac, Vanja ^a   Fanelli, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data fabrication; Data falsification; Plagiarism; Research integrity; Research misconduct; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SELF REPORT;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PLAGIARISM; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84941917155     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-014-9600-6     Document Type: Article

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