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Self-plagiarism

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

nounCommon term

In academic english & research, self-plagiarism means: Reusing your own previously published text, data or ideas in a new work without citing the earlier publication.

In Turkish: kendi kendinden intihal, öz intihal, tekrar yayım

How it is used

Includes duplicate publication (the same paper in two journals), submitting the same assignment twice and salami slicing (splitting one study into many small papers). Reusing parts of your thesis in a journal article is usually allowed if you cite it, but check the journal's policy.

Example sentences

  1. The similarity report flagged self-plagiarism from the author's 2021 conference paper.

  2. To avoid self-plagiarism, cite your earlier article and rewrite the methods description.

Common collocations

  • avoid self-plagiarism
  • duplicate publication
  • text recycling
  • salami slicing
  • plagiarismPresenting someone else's words, ideas or work as your own without properly acknowledging the source.
  • academic integrityThe commitment to honesty, fairness and responsibility in study and research, including citing sources, reporting data truthfully and doing your own work.
  • fabricationInventing data, results or sources and reporting them as if they were real; one of the most serious forms of research misconduct.
  • retractionThe formal withdrawal of a published article by a journal because its results are unreliable or because of misconduct or serious error.

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