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6If your belief about the student is correct, a fourth scenario is possible: The student does not care about the publication any more, but the supervisor thinks it is important enough to get published. At some point the student may even want to retract their name, just so s/he is not bothered further.user3697176– user36971762017-05-20 18:03:22 +00:00Commented May 20, 2017 at 18:03
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8@user3697176 Even if the student didn't want their name as a co-author, surely they would merit an acknowledgement?Kimball– Kimball2017-05-20 19:52:20 +00:00Commented May 20, 2017 at 19:52
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Are the copied parts central to the results of the paper, or are they mostly just background material?Nate Eldredge– Nate Eldredge2017-05-20 21:23:48 +00:00Commented May 20, 2017 at 21:23
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Your third bullet point doesn't necessarily indicate something fishy.aparente001– aparente0012017-05-20 21:24:01 +00:00Commented May 20, 2017 at 21:24
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1No matter what the scenario, not citing the thesis seems to me plagiarism, (possibly self-plagiarism) even though answers to other questions seem to disagree.Blaisorblade– Blaisorblade2017-07-27 08:54:12 +00:00Commented Jul 27, 2017 at 8:54
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