plagiarism

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When the public hears about scientific fraud, the focus often falls on isolated cases involving falsified data, plagiarism or retracted studies.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Alessandro Gallenzi made the shock plagiarism discovery, which he described as "wholesale", while he was editing a new collection of Thomas's poetry.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

In early 2024 the company upset some staff at Business Insider by initiating a review of articles detailing plagiarism allegations against former professor Neri Oxman, the wife of hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Those rules include bans on plagiarism and cheating.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Nowadays, we would call this plagiarism, but that would be entirely to miss the point.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton