Glossary

The Glossary for Academic Integrity comprises 212 terms related to academic integrity presented in alphabetical order. Each term is accompanied by a definition, and if relevant, common synonyms are presented.
The Glossary for Academic Integrity was developed by an international team within an Erasmus+ project. As the main sources for the definitions, the authors utilized international and national projects, organizations with expertise in ethics, academic publishers, legislation and other relevant resources.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION: On 15th February 2023, the definitions of "Contract Cheating" and "Plagiarism" were updated in English, German, Greek, Latvian, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish Glossaries

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These publications were developed as a sub-output of the project “European Network for Academic Integrity”, funded under Erasmus Plus, Strategic Partnerships (agreement No. 016-1-CZ01-KA203-023949).

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In an open peer review, Tracey Bretag and Teddi Fishman as members of the ENAI project Advisory Board reviewed the Glossary for Academic Integrity in English and provided valuable feedback that served to improve the glossary.
Translations of the glossary were subject to additional review to comply with language specificity.

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Glossary for Academic Integrity in English

Tauginienė, L, Gaižauskaitė, I, Glendinning, I, Kravjar, J, Ojsteršek, M, Ribeiro, L, Odiņeca, T, Marino, F, Cosentino, M, Sivasubramaniam, S, Foltýnek, T. Glossary for Academic Integrity. ENAI Report 3G [online]: revised version, October 2018.

Translations of the glossary (example)

Tauginienė, L, Gaižauskaitė, I, Glendinning, I, Kravjar, J, Ojsteršek, M, Ribeiro, L, Odiņeca, T, Marino, F, Cosentino, M, Sivasubramaniam, S, Foltýnek, T. Aiškinamasis akademinio sąžiningumo terminų žodynas [Glossary for Academic Integrity]. Atnaujinta versija, 2018 m. spalis [Revised version, October 2018]. Vertė [Translated by] Loreta Tauginienė, Inga Gaižauskaitė. Vilnius: Mykolo Romerio universitetas, 2019. e-ISBN 978-9955-19-971-7.

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