Unethical authorship practices: A qualitative study in Malaysian higher education institutions

Olesen, Angelina Patrick; Amin, Latifah; Mahadi, Zurina

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“…Смена моделей авторства, а также выявленные в 1980-е гг. случаи недобросовестного авторства в публикациях по медицине побудили Международный комитет редакторов медицинских журналов (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors -ICMJE) разработать первые формальные критерии авторства [1]. В Руководстве по авторству от 1985 г.…”

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“…Авторство -один из основных источников «академического капитала» учёного. В условиях конкуренции за научные должности и финансирование авторство стало ключевым индикатором исследовательских способностей и потенциала научного сотрудника [1].…”

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Authorship criteria and the problem of its attribution in scholarly papers

Гуреев

Мазов

Lakizo³

2019

Naučnye i tehničeskie biblioteki

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В. Н. Гуреев, Н. А. Мазов Институт нефтегазовой геологии и геофизики им. А. А. Трофимука СО РАН ГПНТБ СО РАН И. Г. Лакизо ГПНТБ СО РАН Критерии авторства и проблема его атрибуции в научных публикациях Усложнение научных исследований, появление новых областей на стыках различных дисциплин, расширение международного сотрудничества способствуют росту числа авторов в расчёте на научную публикацию, а также увеличению числа соавторов. Это ведёт к проблеме атрибуции авторства, требующей разработки новых подходов к выявлению авторских ролей и формированию новых критериев авторства. Решение проблемы атрибуции авторства призвано установить действительный вклад учёного в подготовку исследования и статьи по его результатам, разграничить зоны ответственности соавторов, позволить отдельным учёным накапливать собственный репутационный капитал. В статье представлен обзор отечественных и зарубежных подходов к решению обозначенной проблемы, включая формирование новых разделов публикаций для указания лиц, не соответствующих критериям авторства, и разработку моделей упорядочения имён авторов. Прослежены основные этапы формирования критериев авторства, отражены преимущества и недостатки модели авторства посредством противопоставления новой модели описания видов участия в научном исследовании. Перспективным представляется переход к фракционному учёту вклада каждого из создателей научного произведения, при котором возрастает значение позиции авторов в авторской строке и усиливается роль разделов публикации с конкретным описанием авторского вклада. Исследование выполнено при финансовой поддержке РФФИ в рамках научного проекта 19-011-00534. Ключевые слова: авторство, соавторство, авторский вклад, критерии авторства, атрибуция авторства, недобросовестное авторство. Науч. и техн. б-ки, 2019, № 12 6 SCIENTOMETRICS. BIBLIOMETRICS UDC 808.1 A complication of academic research, the emergence of new subject areas at the intersection of different scientific disciplines, increase in international collaboration are accompanied by an increase in the number of co-authors resulting in the problem of author attribution requiring the development of new approaches to detecting authors' roles and formation of new authorship criteria. The solution of the problem of authorship attribution should specify actual contribution of the scientist to preparing research and the paper, distinguish areas of responsibility of coauthors, and enable certain researchers to accumulate their own reputation capital. The current study presents a review of Russian and foreign approaches for solving this problem including the development of new sections in articles for naming persons who do not match authorship criteria and introduction of models of sequence order of authors. The paper also traces the main stages in the development of authorship criteria, describes the advantages and disadvantages of authorship model as compared to new contributorship model. Transition to the fractional calculation of the contribution of each participant of a research paper is believed to be p...

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Authorship criteria and the problem of its attribution in scholarly papers

Гуреев

Мазов

Lakizo³

2019

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“…We should also distinguish plagiarism from unethical authorship. The latter is associated either with an inclusion of persons who do not meet the criteria for authorship, or, conversely, with the concealment of the real performers of scientific work (Gureev et al, 2019 ; Olesen et al, 2018 ). In our article unethical authorship is a form of plagiarism.…”

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“There must be Someone’s Name Under Every Bit of Text, Even if it is Unimportant or Incorrect”: Plagiarism as a Learning Strategy

Bielska

Rutkowski

2021

J Acad Ethics

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The article offers analyses of the phenomenon of copying (plagiarism) in higher education. The analyses were based on a quantitative survey using questionnaires, conducted in 2019 at one of the Polish universities. Plagiarism is discussed here both as an element of the learning process and a subject of public practices. The article presents students’ definitions of plagiarism, their strategies for unclear or difficult situations, their experiences with plagiarism and their opinions on how serious and widespread this phenomenon is. Focusing on the non-plagiarism norm, that is the rule that students are not allowed to plagiarize, and in order to redefine it we have determined two strategies adopted by students. The first is withdrawing in fear of making a mistake (omitting the norm), which means not using referencing in unclear situations, e.g. when the data about the source of information are absent. The second is reducing the scope of the norm applicability (limiting the norm), characterized by the fact that there are areas where the non-plagiarism norm must be observed more closely and those where it is not so important, e.g. respondents classify works as credit-level and diploma-level texts, as in the credit-level work they “can” sometimes plagiarize since the detection rate is poor and consequences are not severe. The presented results are particularly significant for interpreting plagiarism in an international context (no uniform definition of plagiarism) and for policies aimed at limiting the scale of the phenomenon (plagiarism detection systems1).

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“…This mistreat may reflect the unawareness of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship criteria and related guidelines [4]. In this regard, the perceived reluctance of authors from the Asia-Pacific region to adhere to Western and international guidelines has been ascribed to cultural barriers at play [5,6]. Anyway, it seems that the lack of teaching and training in scientific integrity and good publication practices [5,6] along with the widespread corruption in many LMIC [7] further reinforces authorship abuses therein.…”

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“…In this regard, the perceived reluctance of authors from the Asia-Pacific region to adhere to Western and international guidelines has been ascribed to cultural barriers at play [5,6]. Anyway, it seems that the lack of teaching and training in scientific integrity and good publication practices [5,6] along with the widespread corruption in many LMIC [7] further reinforces authorship abuses therein. Here, I'll focus on some authorship-related topics in LMIC.…”

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Authorship Malpractices in Developing Countries

Rivera

2020

CAJMHE

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Although the variety of research malpractices in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is similar to those documented in developed nations, authorship misuse and related issues appear to be more prevalent in the former. This article focuses on some authorship-related topics in LMIC, namely authorship disputes, excessive co-authorship and monetary incentives, authorship issues in student-mentor relationships, and authorship patterns in North-South collaborations. Universities and official bodies in LMIC must supervise the integrity of the whole research process, provide instructions on responsible research and authorship, set up the required postgraduate training programs, foster good role models in authorship, and designate an ombudsperson to advice and respond to complaints of researchers, especially students and junior faculty. Lastly, a recent framework that combines descriptive and normative elements and then uses proper metaphors to achieve an ethical definition of authorship useful in international settings is highlighted.

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Unethical authorship practices: A qualitative study in Malaysian higher education institutions

Abstract: It was suggested that the institution must play a proactive role in educating and promoting awareness on authorship guidelines, through education and training, ethical leadership as well as promoting the importance of publication ethics.

Cited by 17 publications

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Authorship criteria and the problem of its attribution in scholarly papers

Authorship criteria and the problem of its attribution in scholarly papers

“There must be Someone’s Name Under Every Bit of Text, Even if it is Unimportant or Incorrect”: Plagiarism as a Learning Strategy

Authorship Malpractices in Developing Countries

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