UDC: 001.891:174

doi:10.5633/amm.2013.0209

 

  

Intellectual Dishonesty in Science

 

Svetlana Nikolić¹, Slađana Jajić², Ana Vila³, Sunčica Ivanović⁴

 

 

Institute for Student Health Care Novi Sad, Serbia¹

Prmary Health Care Center Novi Sad, Serbia²

Center for Children and Youth with Developmental Disabilities, Veternik, Serbia³

College of Health Studies in Ćuprija, Serbia⁴

 

The aim of this article is to obtain answers about the most important questions involving dishonesty in science. If we consider scientific work, we have to mention that various forms of errors need to be divided into two groups: reputable and disreputable errors. The third group, called the “grey zone”, includes “cooking” and “trimming”.

When we consider the problem of dishonesty in science we should mention the most important question: who and for what reasons commits plagiarism and other forms of intellectual crookedness? Is it for financial benefits or for advancement? It is difficult to say, but it is necessary to use all available remedies to eradicate all forms of intellectual dishonesty, which is hard, especially in biomedical sciences. However, some reputable journals in this field use some special software packages to detect plagiarism. Acta Medica Medianae 2013;52(2):56-60.

 

      Key words: plagiarism, intellectual dishonesty, crookedness