Awareness of academic norms, what are academic norms

The so-called academic norms refer to the basic norms for academic activities formed within the academic community, or the basic norms for academic activities formulated according to the laws of academic development.

It involves the whole process of academic research and all aspects of academic activities: including academic research standards, academic evaluation standards, academic criticism standards, and academic management standards; Some scholars have made a horizontal summary of academic norms, believing that they include two meanings: one is the specific rules in academic research, such as the rules of fair use of literature, the rules of citation and labeling, and the logical rules of argument elaboration.

The second is high-level norms, such as academic system norms, study style norms, etc. It is mainly manifested in the following three levels: the specification at the content level, the specification at the value level, and the specification at the technical operation level.

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The meaning of academic norms: academic norms refer to the basic norms for academic activities formed within the academic community, or the basic norms for academic activities formulated according to the laws of academic development.

It involves the whole process of academic research and all aspects of academic activities: including academic research standards, academic evaluation standards, academic criticism standards, and academic management standards;

Some scholars have made a horizontal generalization of academic norms, arguing that it includes two meanings:

The first is the specific rules in academic research, such as the rules of fair use of literature, the rules of citation and annotation, and the logical rules of argument elaboration.

The second is high-level norms, such as academic system norms, study style norms, etc.

Academic norms are the rules and models that scholars should abide by when conducting academic research. The content of academic norms covers the following three levels: (1) Logical level, which mainly regulates the content of logical thinking and creativity, including explaining the origin of academics, problem awareness, existing research, personal originality and theoretical development, etc., so as to ensure that new problems are discovered on the basis of original research, and the deepening of ideas and the innovation of academic theory are achieved.

2) At the methodological level, it mainly regulates the path, boundary and method of research, including the description of source inheritance, paradigm support, theoretical framework, analytical model, method innovation, etc. (3) At the formal level, it mainly refers to the textual specifications, including bibliographic indexes, citation sources, bibliographies, annotation styles, etc. Some studies have summarized academic norms as "formal academic norms" and "substantive academic norms".

The former is when reviewing academic outputs; It does not care whether the results are original in terms of content, or whether they are substantive in the research issue, and only concerned with whether the form is legal. For example, whether there are titles, executive summary and keywords in Chinese and English, and whether there are main references; Whether there is a duplicate table, multiple submissions in one draft, no plagiarism, plagiarism, forgery and data tampering, etc. The latter refers to the fact that when people review academic achievements, they are not only concerned about whether they comply with formal academic norms, but also care more about whether they are academically original and have substantial significance for advancing the research problem.

If you don't follow the rules, you don't make a circle. The construction of academic norms has important value and role. First, academic norms help to highlight the value of academic research, institutionalize academic activities, and standardize and professionalize academic research.

Second, academic norms are conducive to academic accumulation and innovation, emphasizing the study of academic history and the cultivation of academic traditions, so as to promote the development of disciplines. Third, academic norms help to solve the problem of building a style of study, and regulate and punish all kinds of bad behaviors in academic research activities.

Academic norms refer to the basic ethical and moral norms for conducting academic activities formed within the academic community, or the basic norms for academic activities formulated in accordance with the laws of academic development. The significance of academic norms is to help highlight the value of academic research, institutionalize academic activities, standardize and professionalize academic research. It is conducive to academic accumulation and innovation, emphasizing the study of academic history and the cultivation of academic traditions, so as to promote the development of the discipline.

It will help to solve the problem of building the style of study, and regulate and punish all kinds of bad behaviors in academic research activities. Academic ethics refers to the concepts, morals and value orientations that are conventionally established in the academic community and recognized and observed by scholars, including attitudes towards academic careers and academic responsibilities. As one of the social ideologies, academic ethics is characterized by its restraining effect on actors.

The relationship between academic norms and academic ethics is the relationship between self-discipline and other discipline when scholars carry out academic activities, that is to say, "academic norms are an external and compulsory restraint mechanism, while academic ethics is an internal self-cultivation mechanism for scholars".

Good academic ethics are essential to establishing a good style of study and cultivating a positive one.

Only by forming a good atmosphere of following academic norms and strictly abiding by academic ethics among graduate students, so that each graduate student has good quality and realizes better self-value, can he make greater contributions to the society and create greater wealth.

Academic ethics is the basic ethics and rules that scientific research workers should follow, and it is the fundamental guarantee to ensure normal academic communication, improve academic level, and realize academic innovation. Abiding by academic ethics and academic norms should be the basic code of conduct for every graduate student of Jiangxi University of Science and Technology. To this end, the school has come up with a number of initiatives, which are summarized as follows:

1. Enhance the sense of historical mission, establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values, and be a college student in the new era who keeps pace with the times.

2. Insist on being proud of honesty and trustworthiness, and being ashamed of forgetting righteousness for profit. Rigorous study, honest life. Respect scientific facts, adhere to academic ethics, and consciously maintain the academic reputation of the university.

3. Respect the intellectual property rights of others and abide by the citation standards of academic journals. Clearly indicate the content of citing the achievements and opinions of others in the academic **; Plagiarism, plagiarism, tampering, forgery, leakage, multiple submissions, and deliberate distortion of others' academic views and other violations of academic norms and academic ethics are prohibited.

4. Practice academic ethics through effective academic activities. Develop good learning and living habits, establish a good concept of time and self-control, work hard, be rigorous and realistic, and use practical actions to form a healthy and progressive learning atmosphere with rigorous study style.

Fifth, the truth, the pursuit of excellence. On the road of exploring science and pursuing truth, we should not be afraid of fame and fortune, be willing to be lonely, be determined to innovate, work hard, strive to grasp the frontiers of science and technology, and create true knowledge and insights that are conducive to national development and social progress.