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The ethical hole at the centre of ’publish or perish’

Published: 17.09.2019

In some cases, the hunt for performance indicators (and a higher impact factor) has become the main priority at the expense of the actual scientific work. The need to survive, the need to achieve good performance indicators and the need to receive funding sometimes result in unacceptable publishing

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Plagiarism in Connection with the Evolution, Genetics, Yeasts, Co-Workers, Cheaters, Altruists, Equilibrium, Enemies, Horror and the Hole in the Glass

Published: 17.09.2019

Description of Dissernet (voluntary network organization of Russian scientists, researchers, journalists and others) will help you to understand the situation in Russia in plagiarism matters concerning dissertations from the evolutionary point of view. It analyzes the behavior of those who cheat and

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Responsible / irresponsible research practices terms: p-Hacking, HARKing, Preregistration, RCR, QRP, … Are you familiar with them?

Published: 17.09.2019

In the article you can find brief definitions of responsible / irresponsible (questionable) research practices terms.

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Academic integrity fairness transparency and plagiarism

Published: 17.09.2019

Higher education institutions (HEIs) have scarce public statistics on plagiarism on their websites. The statistics are virtually non-existent. That is my individual experience after I have been trying to find such statistics on the Internet. It seems to be a standard approach. However, is this &ldq

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Absence of zero plagiarism?

Published: 17.09.2019

Have you ever seen statistics displaying zero plagiarism? Why is it absent? The originality check software is able to produce statistics, such as zero plagiarism in relation to the number of submitted documents under the assumption that it receives feedback from higher education institutions on eac

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A new quality of plagiarism detection in sight

Published: 17.09.2019

Technology always helps plagiarists and, on the other hand, contributes to progress in plagiarism detection. The massive use of information and communication technology and Internet resulted in – among other things – faster spreading of plagiarism. Today the available advanced methods a

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Is it life-threatening to investigate plagiarism?

Published: 17.09.2019

Yes, it can be. The following real life story will give you the overall picture what has happened. Emilia Șercan is an investigative journalist (for 22 years) working as an assistant professor (for 7 years) at University of Bucharest, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, Department of

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For centuries is plagiarism is our companion

Published: 17.09.2019

Man – homo sapiens – is an inventive being solving many problems by “creativity” that is not in accord-ance with integrity, ethics and morality. Plagiarism is one example of such “creativity”. Higher education sector is active in plagiarism prevention and plagiari

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Integrity is not a component of ethics, integrity is much

Published: 17.09.2019

The term “integrity” has its roots in French and Latin (14th century). Originally, the term was used meaning “innocence, blamelessness; chastity, purity” derived from Old French integrité or directly from Latin integritatem (nominative integritas) “soundness, who

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Otázky plagiátorstva, etiky a integrity: definované a vysvetlené

Published: 17.09.2019

„... slovenskí študenti majú najvyššie povedomie o plagiátorstve spomedzi všetkých krajín EÚ.“ Je to zaväzujúce a je potrebné toto povedomie prehlbovať a dosiahnuť, aby aj ďalšie pojmy s&uacu

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