Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
Republishing the discussion section of a previously published paper verbatim in a new article without acknowledgement.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
Reusing standardised methods language across papers from the same lab with a citation back to the original protocol publication.
Editorial commentary
Self-plagiarism, sometimes called text recycling, sits on a spectrum: trivial reuse of methods boilerplate is widely tolerated and even encouraged; substantial reuse of results, discussion, or conclusions across articles is not. The Text Recycling Research Project (Cary Moskovitz et al.) has produced practical guidance distinguishing 'developmental' from 'duplicate' recycling. Editorial responses depend on whether the reuse was disclosed at submission.
References
- COPE Discussion Document: Text Recycling (2020)
- Text Recycling Research Project guidance (Moskovitz 2021)
Also known as
text recycling · duplicate text · redundant publication
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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