‘I will have a problem with graduating if I don’t include her name’: exploring the ethical dilemma of PhD candidates in the issue of scientific gift

Adeola Abdulateef Elega ()
Additional contact information
Adeola Abdulateef Elega: Nile University of Nigeria

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2023, vol. 57, issue 6, No 12, 5177-5192

Abstract: Abstract Gift authorship, one of the common abuses in academic writing, is an unethical practice perpetuated by researchers at all levels and in many institutions around the world. This article addresses the perspectives of PhD students in respect to the ethical dilemma faced during the fulfilment of their publication requirement of graduation. The primary dilemma being; should I include my supervisor's name in my publication or not, even though they haven’t substantially contributed to my journal publication to warrant authorship accordion. To explore the viewpoint of PhD students in the issue of their journal mandate, this study conducts a semi-formal interview with 15 PhD candidates enrolled in a thought-program. The result indicates that concerning the ethical dilemmas experienced in PhD students publication requirement of graduation, the following perspectives were dominant; (i) freedom of choice and decision making, (ii) lack of action and incompetence (iii) lack of convincing rules on authorship guidelines (iv) the question of trust, and (v) abuse of power.

Keywords: PhD candidates; Ethical dilemma; Scientific gift; Academic publications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11135-022-01598-0 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:qualqt:v:57:y:2023:i:6:d:10.1007_s11135-022-01598-0

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/economics/journal/11135

DOI: 10.1007/s11135-022-01598-0

Access Statistics for this article

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology is currently edited by Vittorio Capecchi

More articles in Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().