Editorial

O Gato Que Copia: Similaridades E Produção Acadêmica Na Era Digital

“…Concerning the problem of incorrect, incomplete, or misquoted citations, in another editorial (Diniz, 2014), I drew attention to an article in the Times Higher Education journal that describes a situation in which the respected Polish intellectual, Zygmunt Bauman, the creator of the concept of "liquid modernity," reacted to an accusation of plagiarism by a doctoral student. According to the opinion editor of this journal, in his response to the indictment, Bauman claimed that "high-quality scholarship does not depend on obedience to technical rules on referencing", an opinion not supported by most journals and probably by the scientific community at large.…”