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Publication Ethics from the Perspective of PhD Students of Health Sciences: A Limited Experience

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Publication ethics, an important subtopic of science ethics, deals with determination of the misconducts of science in performing research or in the dissemination of ideas, data and products. Science, the main features of which are secure, reliable and ethically obtained data, plays a major role in shaping the society. As long as science maintains its quality by being based on reliable and ethically obtained data, it will be possible to maintain its role in shaping the society. This article is devoted to the presentation of opinions of PhD candidate students in health sciences in Ankara concerning publication ethics. The data obtained from 143 PhD students from the fields of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary reveal limited but unique experiences. It also shows that plagiarism is one of the worst issues in the publication ethics from the perspective of these young academics.

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Acknowledgments

I am highly grateful to Professor Özyurda, Professor Vural and Professor Yıldız, directors of the Health Sciences Institute of Ankara University between the years 2003 and 2008, for providing a productive atmosphere, and to my colleagues, Prof. E. Kahya and Assistant Professor T. Başağaç Gül, who have, together with me, spent enormous effort on this course. I would also like to thank all of my PhD students. If there were no participants with their precious ideas and enthusiasm, this course would not have been successful, and this article could not have been produced.

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  1. Deontology, Medical Ethics Department, Ankara University School of Medicine, Sıhhiye, 06100, Ankara, Turkey

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Arda, B. Publication Ethics from the Perspective of PhD Students of Health Sciences: A Limited Experience. Sci Eng Ethics 18, 213–222 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-011-9256-4

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