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Confessions of Academic Ghost Authors

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  • Ehsan Shahghasemi
  • Manijeh Akhavan

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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.

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  • Ehsan Shahghasemi & Manijeh Akhavan, 2015. "Confessions of Academic Ghost Authors," SAGE Open, , vol. 5(1), pages 21582440155, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:5:y:2015:i:1:p:2158244015572262
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244015572262
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    1. Declan Butler, 2009. "Iranian ministers in plagiarism row," Nature, Nature, vol. 461(7264), pages 578-579, October.
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