plagiarism is considered to be a very serious offence in most academic communities, particularly among western academia. there has been much discussion regarding the influential factors which result in plagiarism, such as ignorance and cultural attitudes. in the case of efl/esl students, it has been suggested that acts of plagiarism are often committed because students lack the proficiency to p...

background: this study was conducted to develop a questionnaire in order to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of the faculty members and students toward plagiarism. methods: a kap study was conducted from june to october 2011 enrolling 390 volunteers anonymously (response rate 96%). the questionnaire included the following four parts: (a) general characteristics like gender, acade...

Plagiarism undoubtedly constitutes a seemingly imperceptible threat to the growth of genuine global scholarship. The understanding of various perspectives of the phenomenon is critical to finding a lasting solution. It is against this background therefore, that the study investigated awareness and perception of plagiarism of postgraduate students in selected Universities in Ogun State Nigeria. ...

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Few months ago, Dr Poorolajal et al. published a comprehensive article in Iranian J Publ Health entitled “Construction of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Questionnaire for Assessing Plagiarism”. They had established a questionnaire as a standard tool in order to evaluate perception of subjects concerning plagiarism and to estimate the prevalence and the type of plagiarism commission (1). Altho...

Most developed countries have extensive guidelines about research integrity, which reflects a global attempt to harmonize policies for handling research misconduct. For the editors and readers of English-language international journals, the question of plagiarism is of particular concern. Here, we look at the perception of plagiarism among Brazilian scientists. Our results suggest that the conc...

OBJECTIVES To assess undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students' perceptions of plagiarism and academic honesty. METHODS A questionnaire was administered to undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students to determine their levels of awareness of university policy concerning academic honesty; attitudes to plagiarism by rating the acceptability of a range of plagiarizing and cheating pr...