Confessions of Academic Ghost Authors

Ehsan Shahghasemi and Manijeh Akhavan

SAGE Open, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1, 2158244015572262

Abstract: Academic plagiarism exists in all academic spheres, but contextual factors determine the level, intensity, and forms of it. Over the last few years, the phenomenon of “Ghost Authorship†has become widespread in Iran, and concerns have been expressed regarding this issue, not only by academicians but also by officials. In this study, 143 students participated in a two-step interview study in which they spoke about their experiences on either seeing a ghost author doing the research of someone else in exchange of money or they themselves being a ghost author. In all, 29 students said that they had done it once or so. The in-depth interviews with these 29 students showed how the plagiarism industry works in Iran, who the customers are, how they find each other, and so on.

Keywords: social sciences; education; criminology; academics; students; educational measurement and assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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