You may be plagiarizing if:
- submitting an assignment from the previous academic year to a current class
- Recirculating portions of old work without citation (eg. copy and paste sections or paragraphs of previously submitted papers)
- Using a database from a previous study (published or unpublished) without telling your reader
- Submitting a manuscript for publication that contains data, results or sections that have already been published without citing your previous publication
- Publish multiple similar articles on the same study in different journals
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If you have obtained interesting results in your master’s thesis, your supervisor might suggest that you “do a paper” on it. But his thesis is much longer than an article could be. So how do you condense it and how do you decide what to leave out?
Self-plagiarism and thesis
One of the things that surprised me when I was writing my thesis was the amount of advice available as a result of disciplinary differences and tradition, which makes it very difficult to know exactly what “hard and fast” rules to follow (especially in interdisciplinary work). A simple Google search reveals that this is not an uncommon concern among PhD students. Basically, candidates should try to understand the situation, and I would recommend not relying solely on management or others to tell you what to do, but rather use your legal and regulatory text to have an informed conversation and negotiate what is appropriate for your needs. . particular context. I’ve tried to put together some resources that people might find useful here:
- OU Materials
- Helpful OU Resources for Writing Your Thesis – Useful General Tips
- ) ) Applicant Declaration Form, specifically asking to note where the material was taken from (i.e., acceptance of the drawing in published material)
- Study Guide: Provides both instructions, but not much else: this is missing instructions seems very common to me
- Stefan Rüger (from KMi) discusses how to complete a thesis that includes various “reuse” and self-plagiarism issues in this guide –
- INFORMS Guidelines for copyright and plagiarism
- ” 3) The copy is larger however, own work is allowed (courtesy of all ur copyright), but it must be clearly stated in the article. with. This is not if applied ica to previous documents, such as working papers and theses written as part of the research. If an entire section is copied from another source (co-authored with at least one author of the submitted article), it should contain the words “This section is taken from Roberts and Smith (1994) xx.x” (where Roberts and/or Smith are co-authors of the submitted article). If the results of a section are based heavily on material presented in another article (without significant copy), the section should contain words indicating “This section is based on section xx.x of Roberts and Smith (1994)” . Alternatively, there could be an opening footnote with a statement such as: An earlier version of this paper was presented at the conference on (date). . The sections on and appeared for the first time in the conference document. This article presents the results by sections.
- University of Edinburgh Form for Posting Publications in Thesis –
- University of Edinburgh Department of Geology Guidelines
- ” The thesis can be based on a chapter or several papers submitted, accepted, or published prior to submission of the thesis itself. But a collection of related publications is not an acceptable way to apply for a thesis. The dissertation should be read as a cohesive whole and the reviewers must be able to clearly identify the work that directly concerns the student.The College has published guidelines for including research publications in a postdoctoral research dissertation.You should discuss the structure and content of your dissertation with your supervisors and be aware that Your thesis conforms to the guidelines of the College.”
- The University of Tulsa states the following:
- “4.5 Inclusion of text from previously published student articles A student may include text from their own previously published articles used for sections of your thesis or dissertation. Use of this material is at the discretion of the student advisor. In certain circumstances, authors and co-authors in Faculty-Led Labs freely share copyright licenses within the group for joint publications. However, other faculties may only recognize work provided directly by the student for inclusion in a thesis or dissertation. The final decision on the use of previously published material rests with the chair and members of the student’s thesis/dissertation committee. If a student is given permission to use previously published material in their thesis/dissertation, the relevant text must be cited in accordance with the appropriate subject control style guidelines and these guidelines. This includes providing the source document of the original text and receiving notice of use of copyrighted material if necessary.”
- in your theses –
- Good general guidelines on plagiarism and copyright from the University of Glasgow –
- Interesting excerpts from a group discussion (I think) with iThenticate (plagiarism detection), including:
- “Question of Uploads -Listen: ‘Is it valid to reuse previously published information in a doctoral thesis in reference to the publication?’-Rachel said, emphatically, that it is fine, as long as the reference is adequate. However, she said you have to be careful because many journals claim copyright on the work they have published, although they rarely have a problem reusing it in a non-commercial way, such as a thesis. However, it is important to read the journal’s copyright policy before doing so. Rachel also said that editors generally welcome reuse of other work that identifies or refers to the original article, as it is a “core part” of how research, citations and referencing work in a non-commercial way.”
- This is clearly a problem that many people encounter, usually with uncertainty, usually the answer is “what do your advisors say?” or “that depends on your department” (and by extension, to sometimes depends on your discipline:
- Some (inconclusive) discussions on the issues of reusing material from a PhD writing blog
- academia.stackexchange discussion (possibly suggesting an appropriate change)
- PhD Discussion with publication (Australian Context)
- academy.stackexchange Master->Copi
- academy.Master’s thesis (r ecommend OK in general)
- Discussion on Quora
- Discussion on the search portal about citations (instead of inclusion) of parts of the master’s thesis (slightly different problem )
- Postdoctoral forum discussion
(tixag_14ag) Reddit discussion (4)
Article layout
There should be one central message h in a single journal in a magazine t ad you want to broadcast. It could be a new part of the methodology you used in your PhD study, a new theory, or an interesting modification you made to a theory or a new set of results. Decide what this central goal is. Next, create a plan on paper considering the need to:
- Isolate to a manageable size
- Create a cohesive story/plot
- Present the self-contained argument
- Target readers of the journal
- Change writing conventions from those used in your thesis
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Use your research problem to define your question develop research
( Research problem tixag Example(s) of research question(s) Teachers at school do not have the skills to identify or guide gifted children in the classroom. Practical methods teachers can use to identify and guide gifted children towards better management More young people are involved in the “gig economy”, rather than traditional full-time employment However, it is not clear hoop p like why did they choose that they can do it. What are the main factors influencing the decision of young people to join the gig economy?
Keep in mind that while most research questions can be answered through different types of research, the way you phrase your question should help determine your options.