Plagiate und unethische Autorenschaften
Information Wissenschaft und Praxis, 57 (2):
81-89 (2006)Abstract
Plagiarism and unethical authorships: The number of uncovered cases of plagiarism is constantly growing. The grey-scale number is supposed to be even higher. Because of a growing amount of unethical authorships (inflationary honorary authors, ghost writings) medical journals are putting the term "contribuents" in front, big projects of high energy physicians are regulated through strict statutory rules and mandatory collective authorships. Which institutionalized guidelines and organisational contexts are supporting the willingness for doing plagiarism or unethical practices for publishing (better said: inadequate acknowledgements of scientific accomplishments)? Which possibilities are available for social studies of science and information sciences, plagiarism software and database functions (e.g. "related documents") for fighting against plagiarism? What are the answers of the scientific institutions? Why are the affected ones bewailing tactics of delay? Are "informed peer review" and öpen access" the only alternatives?