Academic Integrity: Principles and Practice
According to a systematic review of survey data, almost 2% of scientists have admitted fabricating, falsifying or modifying data at least once (Fanelli, 2009). It is not surprising, therefore, that […]
According to a systematic review of survey data, almost 2% of scientists have admitted fabricating, falsifying or modifying data at least once (Fanelli, 2009). It is not surprising, therefore, that […]
Once you’ve gone through your undergrad training, it’s reasonably easy to cite a journal article or book in your field’s preferred style. But what about those tricky sources? Blog posts […]
Quality-checking sources is something we start to learn in secondary school or undergrad – just ask my students who felt my wrath when they cited Wikipedia (or what’s worse: when […]
By Julia Hallas, PhD Candidate “Never use references that are older than three years” was the advice given by a journal article reviewer I went along to hear recently. Yet […]
I’m currently polishing up a PhD thesis, and I already hold a Masters. I’m a reasonably experienced academic writer by now. But when I think back on some of my […]
Have you ever noticed how impersonal the process of citing another scholar is? Surname. Initials. Year of publication. It’s as if the ideas and findings you are citing just appeared […]