Putting academic research in algerian universities under the lens through shedding light on plagiarism

الملخص EN

Protecting research has become the first discussed issue among experts in academic writing to create awareness of ethical dilemmas that novice researchers are facing.

In this vein, the current research under scrutiny pursues to give a thoughtful discussion of the status of academic research in Algerian universities by taking second-year Master English students at Saida University as a case in point.

Ultimately, another concern of this research paper is to uncover some unethical practices that threaten the quality of research.

To fulfil this claim, this research work endeavours to provide an in-depth look at ethical research primer for novice researchers to reduce dishonesty in the academic community.

To this effect, an examination of the learners' attitudes, perception and knowledge about plagiarism was made through approaching a systematic analysis based on a structured questionnaire and an interview.

To this end, the main findings obtained proved that most students have a bad knowledge about academic delinquency in addition to many hindrances like weak writing skills, time constraints and information deficiencies about the topic.

The results also demonstrated that there is an extensive lack of students' awareness of academic penalties for plagiarism.