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Creating a Self-Plagiarism Research Topic Typology through Bibliometric Visualisation

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Self-plagiarism, textual recycling and redundancy seemed to be controversial and unethical; however some questions about its definition are still open. The objective in this paper presented study was to use bibliometric analysis to synthesise and visualize the research literature production and derive a typology of self-plagiarism research. Five topics emerged: Self-plagiarism, Institutional self-plagiarism, Self-plagiarism and ICT, Self-plagiarism in academic writing, Self-plagiarism in science. The state of the art topics seem to be “social medium”, “virtual world”, “face book”, “sociomateriality”, “knowledge sharing”, “open access”, “institutional repository”, “retraction” and “responsible conduct”.

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia

    Peter Kokol

  2. Dr. Adolf Drolc Healthcare Center, Ulica talcev 9, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia

    Jernej Završnik

  3. University College of Health Sciences Slovenj Gradec, Glavni trg 1, p.p. 144, 2380, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia

    Danica Železnik

  4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Center for International Cooperation, University of Maribor, Žitna 15, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia

    Helena Blažun Vošner

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Kokol, P., Završnik, J., Železnik, D. et al. Creating a Self-Plagiarism Research Topic Typology through Bibliometric Visualisation. J Acad Ethics 14, 221–230 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-016-9258-6

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