A researcher’s ethical dilemma: Is self-plagiarism a condemnable practice or not?

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 427-429

  Arumugam, Ashokan ^a   Aldhafiri, Fahad K ^a  

^a MAJMAAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DUPLICATE PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PLAGIARISM;

EID: 84976271873     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2016.1185894     Document Type: Editorial

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