scholarly journals Ethical ambiguity in the academic periphery: Global versus local science in explaining plagiarism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Guba ◽  
Angelika Tsivinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Academic Misconduct ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Plagiarism Detection ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Average Share ◽  
Detection Software ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations

The past decade has seen extensive research carried out on the systematic causes of academic misconduct. Simultaneously, less attention has been paid to the variation in academic pathologies between research fields, as most empirical studies focus on one particular discipline. We propose that academic discipline is one of several systematic factors that might contribute to academic misbehavior. Drawing on a neo-institutional approach, we argue that on the academic periphery, the norm of textual originality has not drawn equal support across different research fields depending on its level of internationalization. Using plagiarism detection software, we analyzed 2,405 doctoral dissertations randomly selected from all dissertations defended in Russia between 2006 and 2016. We measured the globalization of each academic discipline by calculating the share of publications indexed in the global citation database in relation to overall output. Our results showed that, with an average share of detected borrowings of over 19%, the incidence of plagiarism on the academic periphery is remarkably higher than in Western countries. Overall, disciplines closely follow the pattern of higher globalization associated with a lower percentage of borrowed text. We also found that unauthorized borrowing is less prevalent at research-oriented institutions supporting global ethical standards. Our findings suggest that it might be misleading to measure the prevalence of academic misconduct on the academic periphery without paying attention to variations at the disciplinary level.

Academic Misconduct and the Internet

2017 ◽  
pp. 82-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ison
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Academic Misconduct ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Plagiarism Detection ◽  
Subsequent Section ◽  
Detection Software

This chapter provides a general background on the problem of plagiarism, how the Internet has been implicated as a negative influence on Academic Integrity (AI), empirical study data on the influences of the Internet on plagiarism, reasons why students may conduct plagiarism, and best practices in the use of plagiarism detection. Within the first section, three empirical studies are highlighted to indicate the actual occurrence of plagiarism in graduate education and the role the Internet may play in influencing AI. In the second section, a description of both how and why students conduct plagiarism is presented. Existing literature on the topic is explored to better inform stakeholders on the ‘why' component with suggestions for potential mitigating solutions. The subsequent section describes plagiarism detection software that is commonly in use across the globe including best practices on how to interpret detection results. Lastly, recommendations and calls for future research are provided.

Academic Misconduct and the Internet

2019 ◽  
pp. 22-51
Author(s):  
David Ison
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Academic Misconduct ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Plagiarism Detection ◽  
Subsequent Section ◽  
Detection Software

This chapter provides a general background on the problem of plagiarism, how the Internet has been implicated as a negative influence on Academic Integrity (AI), empirical study data on the influences of the Internet on plagiarism, reasons why students may conduct plagiarism, and best practices in the use of plagiarism detection. Within the first section, three empirical studies are highlighted to indicate the actual occurrence of plagiarism in graduate education and the role the Internet may play in influencing AI. In the second section, a description of both how and why students conduct plagiarism is presented. Existing literature on the topic is explored to better inform stakeholders on the ‘why' component with suggestions for potential mitigating solutions. The subsequent section describes plagiarism detection software that is commonly in use across the globe including best practices on how to interpret detection results. Lastly, recommendations and calls for future research are provided.

Development of interpersonal trust among children and adolescents

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Szcześniak ◽  
Melusina Colaço ◽  
Gloria Rondón
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Interpersonal Trust ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
The Past ◽  
Human Functioning ◽  
Developmental Point

Development of interpersonal trust among children and adolescentsThe main purpose of the present article is to introduce a topic related to the development of interpersonal trust among children and adolescents. Although this subject, since the beginnings of psychology considered as an academic discipline, has been regarded as an essential component of human functioning, there are still very few theoretical and empirical studies that approach the issue from a developmental point of view. In this paper the three-dimensional conceptualization of interpersonal trust is provided. Furthermore, the article highlights the past and current theoretical and empirical research on the development of interpersonal trust in infants, preschool and school-age children. Finally, some challenges are presented in the field of interpersonal trust studies.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Coaching Interventions using Grammarly Software and Plagiarism Detection Software in Reducing Grammatical Errors and Plagiarism of Undergraduate Researches

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Genaro V. Japos
Keyword(s):  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
Plagiarism Detection ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Student Researchers ◽  
Detection Software ◽  
Keywords Education ◽  
The University

Grammar checker and plagiarism software are indispensable tools in aiding researchers to identify and correct their mistakes. The study examined the errors detected by grammarly software and plagiarism software and how these were reduced due to coaching interventions. The study used the descriptive and inferential research design involving 47 specimens of student research as undergraduate theses written as publishable paper. These papers were intended for the Advancing Research Journals by academic discipline available online, cross referenced and indexed.  The study involved a statistical analysis of data derived from software reports tested through the use of t-test and Pearson correlation. The results showed significant reductions in the occurrence of the grammar errors indicating that the coaching interventions were effective. There is also an inverse, moderate and significant correlation between occurrence of grammatical score and plagiarism. The study concludes that those who commit higher incidents of plagiarism also have lower commission of grammatical errors. When students are poor in writing style and vocabulary use, their score for originality increases.  The study recommends for adoption of academic integrity policies to curb grammar and plagiarism occurrences among student researchers in the university. Keywords: Education, Grammar checker, plagiarism detector accumulator, plagiarism detection, coaching, descriptive design, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines

scholarly journals Seguridad y gestión del riesgo en el deporte al aire libre - revisión sistemática exploratoria

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
C. Mata ◽  
L. Carvalhinho
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Outdoor Sports ◽  
The Past ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Revisión Sistemática ◽  
Web Of Knowledge ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations ◽  
Adventure Sports

El desarrollo y crecimiento del turismo ha llevado al aumento de la práctica de los deportes en la naturaleza y aventura, con un riesgo asociado. En este estudio de revisión sistemática, se objetivó investigar el conocimiento producido en la última década, referente al tema de la seguridad y gestión del riesgo en los deportes de naturaleza y aventura. Utilizamos las siguientes fuentes: bases de datos electrónicas (web of knowledge, b-on, rcaap), y disertaciones. Las palabras clave utilizadas fueron: "Riesgo"; "Riesgo en las actividades al aire libre"; "Riesgo en el deporte aventura"; "Riesgo en el deporte de aire libre"; "Seguridad y gestión del riesgo en el deporte"; "Seguridad en las actividades de aventura" "Seguridad y gestión del riesgo en el deporte aventura. De las 40 producciones científicas listadas, sólo 33 atendían a los criterios de inclusión: estudios empíricos de los últimos 10 años, referentes a disertaciones académicas, artículos científicos o libros. Resultaron en 33 producciones seleccionadas, comprendiendo 17 estudios internacionales y 16 nacionales. The development and growth of tourism has increased the practice of nature and adventure sports, which is directly correlated to the risk inherent to the unpredictability of the environment and human reliance. In this exploratory systematic review, we set out to search for insight attained in the last decade, regarding safety and risk management in outdoor sports. We use the following sources: electronic databases (web of knowledge, b-on, rcaap), plus master’s and doctoral dissertations. The keywords used in our research were, in Portuguese, English and French: “Risk”; “Safety and risk management sport”; “Safety and risk management in adventure sports”; “Risk in outdoor activities”; “Risk in adventure sports”; “Safety in adventure activities”. From the 40 articles selected, only 33 attended to the necessary criteria: empirical studies of the past 10 years, pertaining academic dissertations, scientific articles or books. It resulted in 33 selected readings, comprising 17 international studies and 16 national.

scholarly journals Are replication rates the same across academic fields? Community forecasts from the DARPA SCORE programme

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 200566
Author(s):  
Michael Gordon ◽  
Domenico Viganola ◽  
Michael Bishop ◽  
Yiling Chen ◽  
Anna Dreber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Survey Response ◽  
Replication Rate ◽  
Replication Studies ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
The Social ◽  
Replication Crisis ◽  
Independent Replication

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) programme ‘Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence' (SCORE) aims to generate confidence scores for a large number of research claims from empirical studies in the social and behavioural sciences. The confidence scores will provide a quantitative assessment of how likely a claim will hold up in an independent replication. To create the scores, we follow earlier approaches and use prediction markets and surveys to forecast replication outcomes. Based on an initial set of forecasts for the overall replication rate in SCORE and its dependence on the academic discipline and the time of publication, we show that participants expect replication rates to increase over time. Moreover, they expect replication rates to differ between fields, with the highest replication rate in economics (average survey response 58%), and the lowest in psychology and in education (average survey response of 42% for both fields). These results reveal insights into the academic community's views of the replication crisis, including for research fields for which no large-scale replication studies have been undertaken yet.

Review of washback research literature within Kane's argument-based validation framework

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liying Cheng ◽  
Youyi Sun ◽  
Jia Ma
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Language Assessment ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Pertinent Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Validation Framework ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations ◽  
Assessment Research

No area of language assessment research in the past 20 years has received a greater increase in attention than washback research. Beginning with the seminal work of Alderson & Wall (Alderson & Wall 1993; Wall & Alderson 1993), an evolving body of empirical washback studies has been conducted worldwide, especially in countries where English is not the dominant language. A systematic search of the pertinent literature between 1993 and 2013 identified a total of 123 publications consisting of 36 review articles and 87 empirical studies. The focus of this review is on the empirical studies. A further breakdown of these empirical studies reveals 11 books and monographs, 27 doctoral dissertations, 40 journal articles, and 9 book chapters. This intensity of research activity underscores the timeliness and importance of this research topic and highlights its maturity, which in turn calls for this systematic review.

scholarly journals A UK institution's university-wide approach to plagiarism:

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Mainka ◽  
Scott Raeburn ◽  
Shirley Earl
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Academic Misconduct ◽  
Plagiarism Detection ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Support Materials ◽  
Detection Software ◽  
The University

Research and consultations in session 2003/2004 by a University's Plagiarism Working Group uncovered a poor understanding of plagiarism and inconsistent handling procedures throughout its schools. In an effort to address both these issues, a strategic 2-year Action Plan was developed and rolled out beginning the following academic year in order to improve student support, staff awareness and more consistent practice overall. The plan included a pilot using the detection software service, Turnitin'UK, with five of the University's 14 schools. The pilot was only one of a series of university-wide deliberations, others included the revision and piloting of a University Plagiarism Code of Practice, implementation of school-based academic conduct officers, improved staff development opportunities and student support materials and events. One school in the University has served as a role model of good practice throughout. Noteworthy is the school's record keeping practice since session 2001/02 of incidences of plagiarism and other academic misconduct. In the paper we present the factors such as gender, nationality and level of study that have been found linked to the incidences of plagiarism in the school. Additionally, the role plagiarism detection software plays in addressing plagiarism is explored within the collaborative and holistic approach of the Action Plan. Finally, the challenges and resistance faced by key players throughout the implementation of the first phase of the Action Plan at the University are considered and the commitment to continuous enhancement recognised.

scholarly journals Student and staff perceptions of the effectiveness of plagiarism detection software

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Doug Atkinson ◽  
Sue Yeoh
Keyword(s):  
Business School ◽  
Academic Misconduct ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Plagiarism Detection ◽  
Staff Perceptions ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Detection Software

<span>The aim of this research was to determine student and staff perceptions of the effectiveness of plagiarism detection software. A mixed methods approach was undertaken, using a research model adapted from the literature. Eight hours of interviews were conducted with six students and six teaching staff from Curtin Business School at Curtin University of Technology, which had trialled the plagiarism detection software, </span><em>EVE2</em><span>. A survey questionnaire was completed by 171 students involved in the trial. The summary indication was that students perceived that plagiarism is an important issue; detection software makes it easier for lecturers; it is fair to use detection software; students support its use; and it will have some effect in preventing plagiarism. However, students' concerns included being caught for unintentional plagiarism, teaching staff placing too much emphasis on detection results above student ability, and the accuracy of the software at detecting plagiarism. Concerns for teaching staff included the time taken for the detection process, limitation of the software to publicly based Internet sources and direct copying, and the extra workload involved with pursuing academic misconduct.</span>

A bibliometrics study of library and information science doctoral dissertations in China from 2011 to 2020

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Ting Wang ◽  
Brady Lund ◽  
Mirah Dow
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Time Development ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Online Information ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations

By reading the titles, abstracts, and keywords of LIS doctoral dissertations in China from 2011–2020 and conducting cluster analysis and network analysis of keywords, this study aims to understand the intelligence structure of LIS doctoral dissertations in China, as well as the disciplines and topics intersecting with LIS. The results indicated that Wuhan University had the highest number of doctoral dissertations among all the selected universities offering LIS doctoral education. Research fields mainly focus on online information behavior and information services. The findings could be because of the development of computer science and information technology in the past decade, which indicates that the research direction of LIS in China follows the trend of time development.

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