a St Antony's College, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.
b College of Business Administration , Prince Sultan University , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
Account Res. 2019 Feb;26(2):108-122. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2018.1564664. Epub 2019 Jan 16.
In this commentary, we argue that plagiarism is not a new problem in academic publishing and data falsification in recent times has received a great attention globally. Due to lack of literature, the objective of this study is to evaluate data falsification and academic integrity. Accordingly, the study presents the academic misconduct (Falsification/Fabrication of data and Concerns/Issues About Data) case of Professor James E. Hunton, a former top ranked accounting professor from Bentley University. The study shows how research fraud/data falsification activity in the academic world lacks honesty and morality. The study offers some recommendations for the detection of plagiarism and academic misconduct. In the age of the Internet and digital era, Crossref, iThenticate, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) would help to detect plagiarism. However, the question remains on detecting data falsification in the academic world.
在这篇评论中，我们认为剽窃在学术出版界并不是一个新问题，而最近的数据伪造在全球范围内受到了极大关注。由于缺乏相关文献，本研究的目的是评估数据伪造和学术诚信问题。因此，本研究介绍了前 Bentley 大学排名靠前的会计教授 James E. Hunton 教授的学术不端（数据伪造/篡改和对数据的关注/问题）案例。该研究展示了学术世界中的研究欺诈/数据伪造活动缺乏诚实和道德。本研究为发现剽窃和学术不端行为提供了一些建议。在互联网和数字时代，Crossref、iThenticate、出版道德委员会（COPE）将有助于发现剽窃。然而，在学术领域检测数据伪造的问题仍然存在。
