Abstract

Academic misconduct, misrepresentations, and gaming are a set of variable malpractices eroding public trust in scientific achievements and institutions of higher education. Here, the author analysed data on academic misconduct and misrepresentations in the Republic of Poland. The results presented here have based on the analysis of the records on academic malpractices revealed to the public by professor Marek Wronski, writing in the Academic Forum magazine regularly about academic integrity in Poland. Three or more examples of academic malpractices conducted by scholars working in the same institution of higher education cannot be explained by coincidence. Hence, an analysis of Marek Wronski’s writing on academic integrity has revealed the existence of the hotspots of academic misconduct and misrepresentations in the Polish institutions of higher education. In addition, the Science Ethics Committee of the Polish Academy of Science, the Disciplinary Committee at the Central Council of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Education and Science, and the Council of Scientific Excellence have been asked to provide data on academics accused of misconduct. Moreover, Polish institutions responsible for investigating allegations of academic misconduct and misrepresentation be reluctant to disclose information about academics accused of misconduct and misrepresentation. Data presented in that paper may suggest the organisational research climate in the Polish institutions of higher education, and research may favour academic malpractices.

Tags
Academic misconduct, European Union, Plagiarism, The Republic of Poland

Kolodziej, L. (2022, October 21). Hotspots of academic misconduct and misrepresentations among academics in the Republic of Poland, a European Union member state. OSF Preprint. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/ez4vk
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