Plagiarizing Names?
2 Pages Posted: 28 Jan 2020
Date Written: January 3, 2019
Abstract
A new trend in scientific misconduct involves listing fake coauthors on one’s publication. I trace some of the incentives behind faking coauthors, using them to highlight important changes in global science publishing like the increasingly important source of credibility provided by institutional affiliations, which may begin to function like ‘brands’.
Keywords: plagiarism, coauthorship, collaboration, brands, authorship
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Biagioli, Mario, Plagiarizing Names? (January 3, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3513632 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3513632
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