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BioMed Central, BMC Medicine, 1(12), 2014

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-014-0148-8

BioMed Central, BMC Medicine, 1(12), p. 148

DOI: 10.1186/preaccept-2055675996139018

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Text recycling: acceptable or misconduct?

Journal article published in 2014 by Stephanie Harriman ORCID, Jigisha Patel
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Abstract

Text recycling, also referred to as self-plagiarism, is the reproduction of an author’s own text from a previous publication in a new publication. Opinions on the acceptability of this practice vary, with some viewing it as acceptable and efficient, and others as misleading and unacceptable. In light of the lack of consensus, journal editors often have difficulty deciding how to act upon the discovery of text recycling. In response to these difficulties, we have created a set of guidelines for journal editors on how to deal with text recycling. In this editorial, we discuss some of the challenges of developing these guidelines, and how authors can avoid undisclosed text recycling.