Research on Plagiarism in India during 2002-2016 : A Bibliometric Analysis

Chauhan, Suresh

doi:10.14429/djlit.38.2.12298

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“…The most common reason was, unsurprisingly, plagiarism (which includes self-plagiarism). Surprisingly, the number of retraction notices for Indian authors due to plagiarism was lower than that in Chauhan's (2018) research on plagiarism by Indian authors. He found that there were 385 articles in the SCOPUS database during the period 2002-2016.…”

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Analysis of retractions in Indian science

Elango¹,

Kozak

Rajendran

2019

Scientometrics

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An increasing problem throughout the world, plagiarism and related dishonest behaviors have been affecting Indian science for quite some time. To curb this problem, the Indian government has initiated a number of measures, such as providing plagiarism detecting software to all the universities for free. Still, however, many unfair or incorrect papers are published. For some time, publishers have used an efficient tool to deal with such situations: retractions. A published paper that is later discovered to not deserve publicationwhich can be for a number of reasons-can be withdrawn (and often removed from the online contents of the journal) by the publisher. This study aims (1) to identify retracted publications authored or co-authored by researchers affiliated to Indian institutions and (2) to analyze the reasons for the retractions. To meet these aims, we searched the SCO-PUS database to identify retraction notices for articles authored or coauthored by Indian authors. The first retraction notice was issued back in 1996, an exceptionally early retraction, as the next one was published in 2005. Thus, we analyzed 239 retractions (195 from journals and 44 from conference proceedings) published between 2005 and 3 August 2018 (but most were published after 2010), in terms of the following qualitative retraction-wise parameters: the main reason for retraction, authorship, a collaboration level, collaborating countries, sources of retraction (a journal or conference proceedings), and funding sources of the research. We also detected journals with high retraction frequencies. Mainly two phrases-"Retraction notice to" and "Retracted Article"-were used to retract publications. The most frequent reason for retractions was plagiarism.

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Section: Reasons For Retractioncontrasting

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Analysis of retractions in Indian science

Elango¹,

Kozak

Rajendran

2019

Scientometrics

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“…ese shi s have brought about a highly diversi ed sta and student body and assumptions about shared literacy practices have been challenged (Angélil-Carter, 2000). Alongside these pressures has emerged a growing concern with incidents of plagiarism (Chauhan, 2018). While plagiarism is indeed a real problem that threatens the credibility of our universities and the knowledge produced within them (Kharat, Chavan, Jadhav, & Rakibe, 2013), there are concerns that our conception of plagiarism is o en un-theorised and not particularly helpful (Elander, 2015).…”

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Towards Consistency and Transparency in Academic Integrity

Razı¹,

Glendinning²,

Foltýnek³

2018

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Towards Consistency and Transparency in Academic IntegrityThis book is an outcome of the 4 th International Conference Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond organized by Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Mendel University in Brno, and the European Network for Academic Integrity. The conference is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships Programme of the European Union. It aims to be a forum for sharing best practices and experiences by addressing issues of academic integrity from a wide-scope global perspective. With regards to the crucial role of ethics and honesty in academic work, universities are in need of more effective policies against infringements of academic standards. The papers in this book therefore aim to contribute to the standardization of consistent and transparent approaches to issues of academic integrity from several perspectives. Bibliographic Information published by the Deutsche NationalbibliothekThe Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available online at http://dnb.d-nb.de.

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