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- Title
Education Journal Editors' Perspectives on Self-Plagiarism.
- Authors
Bruton, Samuel; Rachal, John
- Abstract
The perspectives of academic journal editors regarding self-plagiarism were examined by means of an online survey in which 277 editors of education journals participated. Following the survey, a sub-sample of 14 editors were interviewed. A substantial majority of editors were found to be in accord with the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the APA in believing that re-use of long, verbatim passages or tables, figures and images from an author's previously published work without appropriate citation is unethical, and most editors viewed less egregious self-borrowing as wrong also. However, numerous editors expressed unease with the general concept of self-plagiarism, and several of them noted contextual factors that can make limited self-plagiarism acceptable. A clear majority indicated support for a common policy regarding self-plagiarism but had doubts about the feasibility of getting agreement on a comprehensive statement.
- Subjects
PLAGIARISM; SCHOLARLY periodicals; INTERNET surveys; SHORTHAND reporting; COPY editors
- Publication
Journal of Academic Ethics, 2015, Vol 13, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
1570-1727
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10805-014-9224-0