This study reports the results of a survey of professional, mostly academic economists about
their research norms and scientific misbehavior. Behavior such as data fabrication or …

Among the various forms of academic misconduct, text recycling or 'self-plagiarism'holds a
particularly contentious position as a new way to game the reward system of science. A …

This article presents a model of the research and publication process that analyzes why
scientists commit fraud and how fraud can be detected and prevented. In the model, authors …

We examine information sharing among academics during the research process and show it
is context dependent because of differences in trade-offs. When researchers respond to …

This paper examines authorship misconduct: practices such as gift, guest, honorary and
ghost authorship (excluding plagiarism) that involve inappropriate attribution of authorship …

We draw on rational crime theory to help analyse 55 articles that have been retracted from
734 peer-reviewed journals in the field of economics. We highlight and discuss what these …

Plagiarism sometimes creates legal and ethical problems for students and faculty. It can
have serious consequences. Fortunately, there are ways to stop plagiarism. There are many …

Current incentives for publishing in academic journals result in a “winner-take-all” contest-
like situation, with significant benefits for publishing research in quality journals. At the same …

We survey 1215 management researchers, including editors, researchers, and reviewers,
about their views and experiences with four types of academic misconduct: plagiarism, self …

This paper investigates whether politicians who have plagiarized their PhD dissertations
perform worse in running their polities than those who have not committed plagiarism. We …