Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct A Systematic Review

Abstract


 
 
 The present study focuses on previous studies conducted on plagiarism and academic misconduct during 2009- 2018. This study highlights earlier studies that dealt with the concepts of plagiarism and academic misconduct, factors of plagiarism, types of plagiarism, strategies to avoid plagiarism, anti-plagiarism software/ tools and need for anti-plagiarism software. The study is based on 408 sample records collected from the Scopus database. From the study, it is found that the abundance of literature is available on plagiarism and academic misconduct, which implies that the majority of users are aware of the concept of plagiarism and academic integrity. It is also found that in academics, a vigilant approach is required to tackle the problem related to plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct and accordingly measures must be implemented to control them. The libraries play a very significant role in creating awareness among the users by organizing training programmes. This study is beneficial for the researchers in comprehending the concept and building up the research keeping in mind the repercussions of different forms of plagiarism and academic misconduct.
 
 

Methods for Checking Graduate Qualifying Thesis for the Volume of Borrowing

“…Text formatting allows you to hide large amounts of "garbage" by using various parameters available in the font settings [14,15]. Figure 1 shows a fragment of the text that looks like some kind of dividing line, containing about 84 thousand characters, which are equal to about 19 pages of dense text (without paragraphs and punctuation marks) with a font size of 12 PT and a single line spacing.…”

Are Ethical Issues Becoming Prevalent Among Business Management Researchers?

“…The study, therefore, recommends an increase in the sensitization of authors and intending authors by diverse stakeholders on the necessity to abide by research publication ethics. In agreement with authors like Awasthi (2019), institutions should organize seminars/workshops and take other proactive measures that emphasize integrity-based research to enhance information quality in the business management field. In addition, future studies could investigate what should make up the composition of such training endeared to foster transparency and integrity in research.…”

“…The study of Hall & Martin indicates the presence of deliberate misconduct among business school researchers. Although it is good to know that there are willful research misconducts among business management researchers, however, understanding the extent and classes of the misconduct is worthwhile for effective and efficient research publication policies formulations (Awasthi, 2019). Besides, it is possible that the present form of research misconduct in business management is evolving around different themes contrary to that reported in the literature.…”

Abstract Syntax Tree Based Source Code Antiplagiarism System for Large Projects Set

“…The topic of plagiarism has been and still is popular today. Many papers and applications deal with the search for plagiarism in text documents [3]. There are even many freely available tools and methods [4].…”