Biochemia Medica, Vol. 23 No. 2, 2013.
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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
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Publication date:
15.6.2013.
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