Is plagiarism changing over time? A 10-year time-lag study with three points of measurement

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1167-1179

  Curtis, Guy J ^a   Vardanega, Lucia ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; cheating; ghostwriting; longitudinal; plagiarism; time lag; trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977279182     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2016.1161602     Document Type: Article

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