The political trivialisation of plagiarism cases is damaging Germany’s research reputation, science organisations have warned in a joint statement.
The Alliance of German Research Organisations said on 24 June that plagiarism was much more than a “peccadillo”. It added that it was unacceptable that politicians facing plagiarism investigations were still representing German science and politics internationally.
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