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https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2013.019

How do we handle self-plagiarism in submitted manuscripts?

Vesna Šupak Smolčić orcid.org/0000-0002-0539-6513 ; Clinical Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics, Rijeka Clinical Hospital Center, Rijeka, Croatia
Lidija Bilić-Zulle orcid.org/0000-0002-4497-6457 ; Department of Medical Informatics, Rijeka University School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

Self-plagiarism is a controversial issue in scientific writing and presentation of research data. Unlike plagiarism, self-plagiarism is difficult to interpret as intellectual theft under the justification that one cannot steal from oneself. However, academics are concerned, as self-plagiarized papers mislead readers, do not contribute to science, and bring undeserved credit to authors. As such, it should be considered a form of scientific misconduct. In this paper, we explain different forms of self-plagiarism in scientific writing and then present good editorial policy toward questionable material. The importan-ce of dealing with self-plagiarism is emphasized by the recently published proposal of Text Recycling Guidelines by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Keywords

editorial policy; research integrity guidelines; self-plagiarism; text-recycling

Hrčak ID:

103791

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/103791

Publication date:

15.6.2013.

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