The gravity of academic plagiarism in the perception of scholars, students, and science policy makers in Bulgaria

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https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.25.1.1

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plagiarism, academic integrity, perception of plagiarism, codes of ethics

Abstract

The ever-increasing spread of plagiarism in academia requires development of strategies to combat it so as to increase the prestige of Bulgarian scholars at the international and local level. Therefore, the main goals of the project are to analyze the concept of plagiarism in academia, arriving at a clear and detailed definition, applicable in practice to create efficient methods to combat it, and to investigate its understanding by students, scholars and science managers to establish the discrepancies between the nature of plagiarism and its perception in the Bulgarian academic community. Expected results: (1) Theoretical – elicitation of a definition of plagiarism; drafting of comprehensive legal and administrative approaches to combat plagiarism; design of a sociological methodology for a study of the problem. (2) Applied - transfer of knowledge; creating guidelines for combating plagiarism; raising the awareness of Bulgarian academe about the severity of plagiarism as a violation of academic ethics.

Author Biographies

Irena Vassileva

Irena Vassileva, PhD, is Professor of English and German and has worked extensively on spoken and written academic communication in English, German and Bulgarian. She has published three monographs and a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals and collections of articles. Vassileva has also received various research awards from outstanding foundations in international competition and has worked at universities in Bulgaria, Germany, and the UK.

Diana Yankova, New Bulgarian University

Diana Yankova, PhD, is Professor of Linguistics and current head of the Languages and Cultures Department, New Bulgarian University, Sofia. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in text linguistics, translation of legislative texts, American and Canadian culture studies. She is the author of several monographs and numerous articles on legal language with special emphasis on culture and genre-specific characteristics of Common law and Continental legislation, points of convergence between legal studies and linguistics, terminological and structural considerations in translating supranational law, approximation of legislation, teaching EALP.

Mariya Chankova, South-West University "Neofit Rilski"

Maria Chankoav, PhD, is Associate Professor of French and English at the South-West University Neofit Rilski, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Her research interests range from linguistic pragmatics, political discourse analysis, legitimisation strategies, strategic interaction, speech acts, to interdisciplinary issues, such as academic integrity, artificial intelligence in research and education.

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2025-06-18

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Vassileva, I., Yankova, D., & Chankova, M. (2025). The gravity of academic plagiarism in the perception of scholars, students, and science policy makers in Bulgaria. English Studies at NBU, 11(1), 5–16. https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.25.1.1

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