Glossary
The Glossary for Academic Integrity comprises 212 terms related to academic integrity presented in alphabetical order. Each term is accompanied by a definition, and if relevant, common synonyms are presented.
The Glossary for Academic Integrity was developed by an international team within an Erasmus+ project. As the main sources for the definitions, the authors utilized international and national projects, organizations with expertise in ethics, academic publishers, legislation and other relevant resources.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION: On 15th February 2023, the definitions of "Contract Cheating" and "Plagiarism" were updated in English, German, Greek, Latvian, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish Glossaries
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- English – Glossary for Academic Integrity
- Čeština – Slovník pro akademickou etiku
- Deutsch – Glossar für akademische Integrität
- Ελληνικά – Γλωσσάριο Ακαδημαϊκής Ακεραιότητας
- Español – Glosario de Integridad Académica
- Italiano – Glossario per l’Integrità Accademica
- Latviešu valodā – Akadēmiskā godīguma terminu vārdnīca
- Lietuvių – Aiškinamasis akademinio sąžiningumo terminų žodynas
- Português – Glossário de Integridade Académica
- Slovenski – Glosar akademske integritete
- Türkçe – Akademik Dürüstlük Sözlüğü
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These publications were developed as a sub-output of the project “European Network for Academic Integrity”, funded under Erasmus Plus, Strategic Partnerships (agreement No. 016-1-CZ01-KA203-023949).
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In an open peer review, Tracey Bretag and Teddi Fishman as members of the ENAI project Advisory Board reviewed the Glossary for Academic Integrity in English and provided valuable feedback that served to improve the glossary.
Translations of the glossary were subject to additional review to comply with language specificity.
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Glossary for Academic Integrity in English
Tauginienė, L, Gaižauskaitė, I, Glendinning, I, Kravjar, J, Ojsteršek, M, Ribeiro, L, Odiņeca, T, Marino, F, Cosentino, M, Sivasubramaniam, S, Foltýnek, T. Glossary for Academic Integrity. ENAI Report 3G [online]: revised version, October 2018.
Translations of the glossary (example)
Tauginienė, L, Gaižauskaitė, I, Glendinning, I, Kravjar, J, Ojsteršek, M, Ribeiro, L, Odiņeca, T, Marino, F, Cosentino, M, Sivasubramaniam, S, Foltýnek, T. Aiškinamasis akademinio sąžiningumo terminų žodynas [Glossary for Academic Integrity]. Atnaujinta versija, 2018 m. spalis [Revised version, October 2018]. Vertė [Translated by] Loreta Tauginienė, Inga Gaižauskaitė. Vilnius: Mykolo Romerio universitetas, 2019. e-ISBN 978-9955-19-971-7.
Online Glossary (in English)
- 404 ERROR [PLAGIARISM]
- ABETTOR
- ABUSE
- ACADEMIC (adjective)
- ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
- ACADEMIC ETHICS
- ACADEMIC FRAUD
- ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
- ACADEMIC INTEGRITY COMMITTEE
- ACADEMIC MALPRACTICE
- ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
- ACADEMIC (noun)
- ACADEMICIAN
- ACCESSOR TO CHEATING
- ACCESSOR TO PLAGIARISM
- ACCOMPLICE
- ACCOUNTABILITY
- AGGREGATOR
- ANONYMISED AUTHORSHIP
- ANONYMOUS AUTHORSHIP
- ANONYMOUS WORK
- ANTI-WHISTLEBLOWER
- ATTRIBUTION
- AUDIT (noun)
- AUGMENTED PUBLICATION
- AUTHOR
- AUTHOR'S ETHICAL RIGHTS
- AUTHOR'S MATERIAL RIGHTS
- AUTHOR'S PATRIMONIAL RIGHTS
- AUTHORSHIP
- AUTHORSHIP ABUSE
- AUTO-PLAGIARISM
- AUTONOMY
- AVOIDING HARM
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- BIOETHICS
- BLIND PEER REVIEW
- BOILERPLATE PLAGIARISM
- BREACH
- BRIBERY
- BUSINESS ETHICS
- CC-BY
- CENSORSHIP
- CHEAT SHEET
- CHEATING
- CITATION
- CITATION AMNESIA
- CITE
- CLIENTELISM
- CLONE [PLAGIARISM]
- CO-AUTHOR
- CODE OF CONDUCT
- CODE OF ETHICS
- CODE PLAGIARISM
- COERCION AUTHORSHIP
- COLLABORATION
- COLLECTIVE WORK
- COLLUSION
- COMMON KNOWLEDGE
- COMPILATION
- COMPLIANCE
- CONFIDENTIALITY
- CONFIDENTIALITY VIOLATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- CONTRACT CHEATING
- CONTRACT CHEATING SERVICES
- CONTRIBUTORSHIP
- COPYRIGHT
- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
- CORPORATE AUTHORSHIP
- CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
- CORRUPTION
- COUNTERFEIT
- COVERT DUPLICATION
- COVERT PUBLICATION
- CREATIVE COMMONS
- CREATIVE COMMONS (CC)
- CREATOR
- CRIB NOTES
- CRIB SHEET
- CRIBBING
- CRYPTOMNESIA
- [CTRL-C] PLAGIARISM
- CULTURE OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
- DATA
- DATA FABRICATION
- DATA FALSIFICATION
- DATA IMPUTATION
- DATA MANAGEMENT
- DATA MASKING
- DATABASE
- DEGREE MILL
- DERIVATIVE WORK
- DILEMMA
- DIPLOMA MILL
- DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE
- DISCIPLINARY MISDEMEANOUR
- DOUBLE-BLIND PEER REVIEW
- DOUBLE CREATION
- DUPLICATE PUBLICATION
- DUPLICATE SUBMISSION
- DUPLICATION
- ESSAY MILLS
- ETHICAL APPROVAL
- ETHICAL MISDEMEANOURS
- ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
- ETHICAL REVIEW
- ETHICAL STANDARDS
- ETHICAL VALUES
- ETHICALITY
- ETHICS
- ETHICS ASSESSMENT
- ETHICS COMMITTEE
- ETHICS INFRASTRUCTURE
- EXPLOITATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
- FABRICATION
- FABRICATION, FALSIFICATION, PLAGIARISM (FFP)
- FAIRNESS
- FALSE CREDENTIALS
- FALSIFICATION
- FALSIFYING REFERENCES
- FAVOURITISM
- FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
- FIND-REPLACE [PLAGIARISM]
- FORGERY
- FORGOTTEN FOOTNOTE
- FRAUD
- FREEWARE
- GENDER-BASED HARASSMENT
- GHOST AUTHOR
- GHOST AUTHORSHIP
- GHOST WRITER
- GHOSTWRITING
- GIFT OR GUEST AUTHORSHIP
- GOOD RECORD-KEEPING PRACTICES (GRKPs)
- GUARANTOR
- HARKING
- HELSINKI DECLARATION
- HONEST ERROR
- HONESTY
- HONORARY AUTHORSHIP
- HYBRID PLAGIARISM
- IDEA PLAGIARISM
- IMAGE PLAGIARISM
- IMPARTIALITY [IN RESEARCH]
- INDIVIDUAL INTEGRITY
- INFORMATION
- INFORMED CONSENT
- INFRINGEMENT
- INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY
- INSTITUTIONAL INDEPENDENCE
- INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD
- INTEGRITY
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- INVALID SOURCE
- INVENTED AUTHORSHIP
- INVESTIGATOR
- INVIOLABILITY OF A WORK
- IRRESPONSIBLE RESEARCH PRACTICES
- IRRESPONSIBLE SOURCE USE
- JOINT AUTHORSHIP
- JOINT WORK
- KNOWLEDGE
- LICENSE (noun)
- LITERAL COPYING
- MASHUP [PLAGIARISM]
- MEAT EXTENDERS
- MISCONDUCT
- MISLEADING ATTRIBUTION
- MISMANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH FUNDS
- MOBBING
- MORAL NORM
- MORAL (noun)
- MORAL VALUES
- MORALITY
- MOSAIC PLAGIARISM
- MULTIMEDIA PLAGIARISM
- MULTIPLE SUBMISSION
- MUTUAL ADMIRATION AUTHORSHIP
- MUTUAL SUPPORT AUTHORSHIP
- NEGLIGENCE
- NEPOTISM
- NON-MALEFICENCE
- NORMS OF SCIENCE
- OBJECTIVITY [IN RESEARCH]
- OPEN ACCESS (OA)
- OPEN PEER REVIEW
- ORIGINAL (noun)
- P-HACKING
- PAPER MILL
- PAPER MILLS
- PARAPHRASING
- PATCH-WRITER
- PATCHWRITING
- PATRONAGE
- PEER REVIEW
- PERSONAL BENEFIT
- PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
- PIRACY
- PLAGIARISM
- PLAGIARIST
- POLICY TO ENHANCE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
- PRIMARY SOURCE
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PRINCIPLES
- PROOFREADING
- PUBLIC DISPLAY
- PUBLIC DOMAIN
- PUBLIC LENDING
- PUBLICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- QUESTIONABLE RESEARCH PRACTICES (QRPs)
- QUOTATION
- RE-TWEET [PLAGIARISM]
- RECOGNISED REFERENCING STYLE
- RECYCLE [PLAGIARISM]
- REDUNDANT PUBLICATION
- REFERENCE (verb)
- REFERENCES
- REMIX [PLAGIARISM]
- REPLICATION
- REPORTING IRRESPONSIBLE RESEARCH PRACTICES
- REPRODUCTION
- REPUBLICATION
- RESEARCH
- RESEARCH COMPLIANCE
- RESEARCH ETHICS
- RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE (REC)
- RESEARCH FRAUD
- RESEARCH INTEGRITY
- RESEARCH MISCONDUCT
- RESEARCHER
- RESOURCEFUL CITER
- RESPECT FOR OTHERS
- RESPONSIBILITY
- RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH
- RETRACTION
- RISK MANAGEMENT
- SALAMI PUBLICATION
- SALAMI SCIENCE
- SALAMI SLICING
- SCEPTICISM [IN RESEARCH]
- SCHOLAR
- SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
- SCIENTIFIC ETHICS
- SCIENTIFIC FRAUD
- SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY
- SCIENTIFIC (OR ACADEMIC) FREEDOM
- SCIENTIFIC WORK
- SCIENTIST
- SECONDARY SOURCE
- SEGMENTED PUBLICATION
- SELF-PLAGIARISER
- SELF-PLAGIARISM
- SELF-STEALER
- SIMULTANEOUS CREATION
- SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSION
- SINGLE-BLIND PEER REVIEW
- SLACKER
- SLICING
- SOURCE
- STANDARD (noun)
- SUBCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM
- SUPPRESSION (OF DATA)
- TEXT-MATCHING SOFTWARE
- TEXT-RECYCLING
- THE HAIL MARY
- TRANSGRESSION
- TRANSLATION PLAGIARISM
- TRANSPARENCY
- TRIPLE-BLIND PEER REVIEW
- TRUST
- TRUTH
- UNACCEPTED IMPOSED RISKS
- UNAUTHORIZED AID
- UNETHICAL AUTHORSHIP
- UNINTENTIONAL RISK EXPOSURE
- VALUES
- VERBATIM [PLAGIARISM]
- VIOLATION
- VIRTUES
- VOLUNTARY RISK-TAKING
- WHISTLEBLOWING
- WINSORIZATION OF DATA
- WORK