Self-plagiarism, or publishing substantially similar work twice, is frowned upon in academia as a way of gaining an unfair advantage in a competitive ‘publish or perish’ environment. However, the increasingly open and digital nature of academic publishing means that replication is now easier than ever before. In this post, Mark Israel explores the ethics of self-plagiarism and asks, when is it right to reproduce social research? He concludes with a checklist of 5 points to consider before re-producing previously published material and invites readers to provide their own examples of when it is justifiable to re-purpose previously published social research.
Take a look at this article on the LSE Impact Blog: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/02/27/self-plagiarism-when-is-re-purposing-text-ethically-justifiable/ [1]