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    Stronger ethical standards can turn the tide on retractions

    Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Russian Federation, China, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, India

    Press

    Wondwosen Tamrat, Solomon Benor - University World News

    Global research retractions surpassed 10,000 in 2023, with Ethiopia showing an alarming 12% + rate. This challenges research integrity and public trust. Issues include misconduct, weak oversight, and publication pressure. Strengthening ethical standards, implementing transparent review processes, establishing national monitoring bodies, and prioritizing research quality over quantity are crucial for a credible scientific environment.

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    Study finds high plagiarism levels in ‘hijacked journals

    India, Indonesia, China, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Russian Federation

    Press

    Wagdy Sawahel - University World News

    A recent Institute for East European Studies study highlights the significant threat hijacked journals pose to scientific integrity. The research reveals that papers in these journals exhibit extremely high levels of plagiarism, with 66% of the sample containing plagiarized content. Most of these papers come from authors in developing countries, suggesting that weaker ethical norms and research practices contribute to the problem.

  • Newspaper

    Rector COMSATS accused of plagiarism

    Pakistan

    Press

    Rahul Basharat - The Nation

    The acting Rector COMSATS Institute of Technology (CIIT) has been allegedly found involved in a plagiarized research work in which he was a co-author and published the paper in a national research journal in 2007. 65% text of the said research paper has been found similar with a number of other papers after its verification in the Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) plagiarism detecting software ‘Turnitin’. As per HEC policy no research publication for PhD work should have above 19% similar index in overall, and 4% from a single source, an official said.

  • Newspaper

    HEC initiates probe against executive director for plagiarism

    Pakistan

    Press

    Waseem Abbasi - The News

    The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will meet next week to decide the fate of its second most important officer whose research paper was found to be 88 percent plagiarized. The Chairman had set up a committee to probe the allegations of plagiarism against the commission’s Executive Director (ED). Sources said after the issue came to the light through a news story published in this paper, the committee formed by the HEC Chairman held a meeting this week to review the Executive Director’s research paper which was found plagiarized.

  • Newspaper

    Stop this plagiarism plague

    Pakistan

    Press

    Munawar A Anees and Maryam Iraj - University World News

    The academic spectrum across several Pakistani universities has become infected with the deadly plague of plagiarism. Academic integrity seems to have melted in the heat of churning out research papers to receive more grants, promotions and other benefits.

  • Newspaper

    Cheaters never prosper? HEC presents plagiarist with ‘best research work’ award.

    Pakistan

    Press

    Riazul Haq - The Express Tribune

    Plagiarism at the higher education level has been an open secret, with many suspected plagiarists holding senior faculty positions in different universities across the country. But in a comical turn, the Higher Education Commission recently gave its best research paper award to a scholar who had been blacklisted by the regulatory body in 2008 for publishing a plagiarized paper.

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