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The Experience of the RePEc Plagiarism Committee in Economics

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RePEc is an open bibliography project driven entirely by volunteers and without a budget. It was created to enhance the dissemination of research in economics by making it more accessible to authors, publishers, and readers: 1800 publishers participate in this initiative, and 44000 authors are registered. Some of those authors became frustrated when their work was plagiarized and no action was taken. Many have asked whether RePEc could take action. The RePEc Plagiarism Committee was created to respond to this request. Because RePEc has no enforcement power, it can only ?name and shame? verified offenders. This essay discusses the experience over the first years of the Committee.

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  • Christian Zimmermann, 2015. "The Experience of the RePEc Plagiarism Committee in Economics," Working Papers 2015-8, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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    1. Shumilov, A. & Balatsky, E., 2016. "RePEc Academic Rankings: Construction Issues and the Role of Russian Participants," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 32(4), pages 111-138.
    2. Shumilov, Andrei & Balatsky, Evgeny, 2016. "Академические рейтинги RePEc: вопросы построения и роль российских участников [RePEc Academic Rankings: Construction Issues and the Role of Russian Participants]," MPRA Paper 70956, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Plagiarism; academic literature; naming and shaming; economics;
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    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics

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