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You're one of today's lucky 10,000! https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/ It's a core issue in academia and other areas where the output is heavily the
by tomrod 2y ago
You're one of today's lucky 10,000! https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
It's a core issue in academia and other areas where the output is heavily the written word.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism#Self-plagiarism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism#Self-plagiarism
[1] https://ori.hhs.gov/self-plagiarism https://ori.hhs.gov/self-plagiarism
[2] https://www.aje.com/arc/self-plagiarism-how-to-define-it-and-why-to-avoid-it/ https://www.aje.com/arc/self-plagiarism-how-to-define-it-and...
- verdverm 2y agoReproducing sections is useful in academic publishing. I saw it while reading 100s of papers during my PhD. (1) If you are reading your entrypoint into an area of research, or a group, it is useful context on first encounter (2) If you are not, then you can easily skip it (3) Citing, instead of reproducing sections like background work, means you have to go look up other papers, meaning a paper can no longer stand on its own. Self-plagiarism is an opinion among a subset of academics, not something widely discussed or debated. Are there bad apples, sure. Is there a systemic issue, I don't think so.