Miguel Roig

Professor

St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Ph.D., Rutgers University

Miguel Roig received his B.A in 1979 with a double major in Psychology and Philosophy from Jersey City State College (now The New Jersey City University). Subsequently, he enrolled in the General Experimental Psychology program at St. John’s University receiving his M.A. degree in 1981. From St. John’s, Miguel went on to study at the Newark campus of Rutgers University and received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Studies in 1989. During that time, he also taught psychology at various institutions in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area and worked as a Tests and Measurement Specialist for the New York City Department of Personnel from 1984 to 1987. He re-joined the St. John’s family as a faculty member in 1989.

Research Interests:

Miguel has carried out research with his students in the areas of academic and research integrity with a special focus on the problem of plagiarism in the sciences. His current interests include related issues in responsible writing and authorship, as well as in other areas of publication ethics.

Research Interests:

Recent Publications:

Roig, M. (2023). On recycling our work in the digital age (revised). In Handbook of Academic Integrity, Springer.

Roig, M. (2022). In memory of Rex Stanford who passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 22(1), 101-103.

Roig, M. (2022). Rex G. Stanford (1938-2022): A Personal Reflection and Appreciation. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 2(2), 204–215.

Kinney, N., Wubah, A., Roig, M. and Garner, H. R. (2021). Estimating the prevalence of text overlap in biomedical conference abstracts. Research Integrity and Peer Review, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-020-00106-y.

Vasconcelos, S.M.R., Masuda, H., Sorenson, M., Prosdocimi, F., Palácios, M., Watanabe, E., Pinto, J. C., S. R. L. e Silva, Vieyra, A., Pinto, A., Mena-Chalco, J., Sant’Ana, S., & Roig, M. (2022). Perceptions of plagiarism among PhDs across the sciences, engineering, humanities, and arts: Results from a national survey in Brazil, Accountability in Research, DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2021.2018306.

Roig, M. (2017). Encouraging editorial flexibility in cases of textual reuse, Journal of Korean Medical Science, 32(4), 557-560.

Roig, M. (2017). Comment on Cary Moskovitz’ “Text recycling in health sciences literature: A
rhetorical perspective”. Research Integrity and Peer Review, 2, 2. Available at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41073-017-0026-y.

Vasconcelos, S. M. and Roig, M. (2015). Prior publication and redundancy in contemporary science: Are authors and editors at the crossroads? Science and Engineering Ethics, 21(5), 1367-1378. (see erratum: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-014-9610-4).

Roig, M. (2014). On Reusing Our Previously Disseminated Work. Professional Ethics Report, 27(4), 4-5 Available at http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/reports/PER%20FALL_2014.pdf

Roig, M. (2014). Critical issues in the teaching of responsible writing. Journal of Microbiology and biology education, 15(2), 103-10.

Roig, M. (2014). Journal editorials on plagiarism: What is the message? European Science Editing, 40, 58-59.

Roig, M. (2014). Yes, it’s plagiarism, but it’s complicated (invited editorial). Anesthesia and Analgesia, 118(1), 5-7.