self-plagiarism
Reusing your work
Self-plagiarism is reusing your own previously published work without acknowledgment, presenting it as new.
The term appears mostly in academic and publishing contexts, where submitting the same paper to multiple journals or recycling passages without citation violates ethical standards.
Critics note the paradox: you cannot steal from yourself.
But the concern is less about theft than about misleading readers who expect original work.
Reprocessing used materials
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
- rehashRestate without freshness
- reuseEmploy something again
- repetitionAct of redoing
copying · verbatim · restatement · reiteration · overlap · redundancy · boilerplate · cut-and-paste
Issuing material again
- salami-slicingTheft through tiny deductions
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
Improper professional behavior
- authorshipOrigin of written work
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- transparencyState of being see-through
- citationMention of a source
Quality of being original
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- uniquenessQuality of being singular
- originalityNovel creative quality
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
innovation · distinctiveness · inventiveness · derivative · staleness · unoriginal · repetitive
Exclusive reproduction rights
- licensingGranting official permission
- permissionsOfficial allowances granted
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- ownershipLegal right of possession
recycling
Reprocessing used materials
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
- rehashRestate without freshness
- reuseEmploy something again
repetition · copying · verbatim · restatement · reiteration · overlap · redundancy · boilerplate · cut-and-paste · repurposing
republication
Issuing material again
- salami-slicingTheft through tiny deductions
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
misconduct
Improper professional behavior
- authorshipOrigin of written work
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- transparencyState of being see-through
novelty
Quality of being original
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- uniquenessQuality of being singular
- originalityNovel creative quality
authenticity · innovation · distinctiveness · inventiveness · derivative · staleness · unoriginal · repetitive
copyright
Exclusive reproduction rights
- licensingGranting official permission
- permissionsOfficial allowances granted
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- Plagiarismcopy-paste
- research ethicsresearch ethics, bioethics, ethics board, ethics training, fabrication
- literary disputesdefamation suits
- Plagiarism Typespatchwork, word-for-word, copy-paste, spinning
- literary theftscopying
- publishing rightscopyright, publishing rights, reproduction rights, distribution rights, copyright law
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