خلاصة:
One of the important issues of research and publication of its results in the form of scientific texts is observation of research ethic. But, currently the ethics of citation, as a part of research ethic, faces serious challenges. The present study is an attempt to study the experience of researchers in the field of citation behavior and its ethical challenges, instances of unethical citation and also the factors that prepares the grounds and incentive for students to refrain from observing the ethics of citation. Phenomenological method was used in this qualitative study. The research population consisted of 19 PhD students of the departments of Education and Psychology of Isfahan University. In the light of the analysis of the data gathered through interview with the researchers, regarding the citation ethic, overall five main categories were identified including types of citation, citation inclination, influence of colleagues, skill and training, laws and mechanisms.
ملخص الجهاز:
(1394: 149) with the aim of a phenomenological study of the experiences of professors and students at the University of Tabriz regarding attention to research ethics, the participating professors and students mentioned cases such as failure to observe correct citation in the scientific and literary contents of research, the use of ideas and sentences of others without mentioning the source, and copy and 1.
The results of factor analysis also showed that degree-orientedness, excessive focus on grades, the lack of self-efficacy in conducting research and writing research works, and attitudinal factors, respectively, are the three important factors for plagiarism and failure to observe citation ethics.
Their results showed that factors such as time constraints, lack of awareness and recognition of plagiarism, strict regulations of academic courses, difficulty in accessing scientific documents and records, lack of ideas, and problems using a foreign language are the most important motivating factors for students in not observing citation ethics.
Main Category 2: Citation Tendency In this category, components such as attention to the number and accessibility of sources, tendency towards the works of individuals involved in the acceptance and publication of the article such as editors, editorial boards, and reviewers, tendency towards the works of famous and scientifically influential individuals, and negative tendency towards the works of competitors or novice researchers with lower scientific ranks, negative tendency towards certain journals, authors, and countries, are among the extracted categories.
The results of the present research showed that students consider familiarity with citation skills as a useful solution for overcoming ethical challenges and preventing plagiarism.
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