Disguised Academic Plagiarism, 1st ed. 2020
A Typology and Case Studies for Researchers and Editors
Research Ethics Forum Series, Vol. 8

This volume is the first book-length study of disguised forms of plagiarism that mar the body of published research in humanities disciplines. As a contribution to applied research ethics, this practical guide offers a typology of the principal forms of disguised plagiarism. It provides detailed analyses, in-depth case studies, and useful flow charts to assist researchers, editors, and publishers in protecting the integrity of the body of published research literature. Disguised plagiarism is more subtle than copy-and-paste plagiarism; all its varieties involve some additional concealment that creates further distance between the plagiarizing text and its source. These disguised forms are the most difficult forms of plagiarism to detect. Readers of the volume will become acquainted with the subtler forms of plagiarism that corrupt the production and dissemination of knowledge in humanities fields. The book is valuable not only to those interested in research ethics, but also to those in humanities fields including philosophy, theology, and history.

M. V. Dougherty holds the Sr. Ruth Caspar Chair in Philosophy at Ohio Dominican University (USA). His research interests include research ethics and the history of ethics. For over a decade, he has been involved in securing dozens of retractions, errata, and corrigenda for published articles in the discipline of philosophy and in related fields. His work in generating corrections for academic plagiarism and various authorship violations has been featured on Retraction Watch and on other academic news outlets. He is author of Correcting the Scholarly Record for Research Integrity: In the Aftermath of Plagiarism (Springer, 2018) and Moral Dilemmas in Medieval Thought: From Gratian to Aquinas (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He has edited Aquinas’s Disputed Questions on Evil: A Critical Guide (Cambridge University Press, 2016) and Pico della Mirandola: New Essays (Cambridge University Press, 2008).