Identifying and Classifying Students' Academic Misconducts (Systematic Review)

Planning for the decrease of scientific misconducts among students requires the recognition of subjects and relevant cases. The aim of the current study is determining the categories of scientific immorality among university students and categorizing them.

The current study is in the category of descriptive studies and data gathering is done using the systematic review method. The statistical population includes all research papers on Studentschr('39') academic misconducts in the databases of Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed and between their index up to the beginning of 2017 (3727 papers). Sampling was done after going through the process of: identification, screening, eligibility and included and 63 papers were selected as samples. By studing the full text of the papers, the examples were encoded and categorized into larger groups (categories). Evaluating the findings was done using the self-monitoring techniques.

The findings showed that the main examples of Studentschr('39') academic misconducts included: Plagiarism (false paraphrasing, false copying, inaccurate citation, self plagiarism, idea plagiarism, unauthorized translation, potluck paper or text, complete plagiarism, minor plagiarism) cheating (in the exam and in homework), falsification (distortion  and fabrication), unauthorized assistance (collusion and shadowing) and fraud (lying).

The categories and examples found in the research can be used to prevent studentschr('39') academic misconducts. Policies makers can use these findings to formulate and improve legal rules, approve regulations and disciplinary regulations, and provide educational strategies for prevent Studentschr('39') academic misconducts.