Fig. 1
From: Perceptions of plagiarism by biomedical researchers: an online survey in Europe and China
a Attitudes towards the statement “Plagiarism is a greater threat to biomedical research than data falsification”. * P < 0.001 (Mann-Whitney test); Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Agree = 3, Strongly agree = 4; Means and standard deviations (SD) of the scores are presented as: mean ± SD. b Attitudes towards the statement “Plagiarism is a greater threat to biomedical research than granting co-authorship to someone whose contribution doesn’t justify it”. * P < 0.001 (Mann-Whitney test); Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Agree = 3, Strongly agree = 4; Means and standard deviations (SD) of the scores were presented as: mean ± SD. c Attitudes towards the statement “Plagiarism is a greater threat to biomedical research than submitting a manuscript to more than one journals simultaneously”. * P < 0.001; Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Agree = 3, Strongly agree = 4; Means and standard deviations (SD of the scores were presented as: mean ± SD