The extent and causes of academic text recycling or ‘self-plagiarism’

Research Policy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 492-502

 

^a Serge)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causes; Prevalence; Scientific integrity; Scientific misconduct; Self plagiarism; Text recycling

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

CAUSES; PREVALENCE; SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SELF-PLAGIARISM;

RECYCLING;

EID: 85029570645     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2017.09.004     Document Type: Article

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