Iranian ministers in plagiarism row

Butler, Declan

doi:10.1038/461578a

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“…About a decade ago, Iranian scholars and researchers were condemned for not being honest in their academic duties. Butler (2009), for instance, published a paper in Nature Journal and reported some Iranian authorities as plagiarists. Given that such a daunting situation may lead to the negative publicity of Iranian academic staff all over the world, a plethora of Iranian researchers attempted to examine this misconduct from diverse perspectives.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the Role of Gender and Educational Level in Committing Plagiarism by Iranian EFL Graduate Students

Alimorad¹

2020

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As an unethical behavior, plagiarism refers to using other people’s words or ideas without appropriately acknowledging the source (Delvin & Gray, 2007). Numerous scholars from different parts of the world have attempted to get into the root of this problem by identifying the underlying factors which contribute to such academic misconduct. In a similar vein, the present study aimed at examining the role of gender and educational level of Iranian EFL graduate students in determining the main reasons for plagiarism commitment from their point of view. To this end, a convenient sample of 159 M.A. and Ph.D. students partook in the study. To gather the necessary data, a 32-item Likert-Type questionnaire was administered whose results were subjected to a two-way MANOVA. Results of the study indicated that neither the students’ gender or educational level nor the interaction effect of these two variables had any significant effect on the reasons for engaging in plagiarism. Descriptive statistics, however, showed that students’ personal and attitudinal characteristics took on paramount importance compared to other factors. This can signal the intentionality of plagiarism among Iranian EFL graduate students, thereby suggesting the need for making more informed decisions on how to deal with this problem.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Examining the Role of Gender and Educational Level in Committing Plagiarism by Iranian EFL Graduate Students

Alimorad¹

2020

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“…Documented cases include demonstrated plagiarism (e.g., ref. 1), and falsification of data (2). Michael Rossner, Executive Director of the Rockefeller University Press, has discussed falsified western blotting data, and how it is possible to detect such falsification using manual means.…”

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Truth or Consequences?

Bergman¹

2010

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“…The paper 3 by Behbahani, an IUST researcher who supervised Ahmadinejad's PhD, has not been investigated, although it seems to be almost entirely put together from three earlier articles by different authors 2 . It was retracted by the journal Transport in October.…”

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confidence: 99%