The topic for discussion at this Forum was ‘Text recycling’. Self-plagiarism, also referred to as ‘text recycling’, is a topical issue and is currently generating much discussion among editors. Opinions are divided as to how much text overlap with an author’s own previous publications is acceptable, and editors often find it hard to judge when action is required. In an attempt to get some consensus and consistency on the issue, editors at BioMed Central produced some guidelines. These guidelines were posted on the COPE website and members were invited to comment, and the topic was discussed at the COPE Forum on 12 March 2013
Read more comments on text recycling posted on our website before this Forum discussion.
Summary of the discussion at the COPE Forum and of the comments on the COPE blog [PDF, 113KB]
Related resources
COPE's Text recycling guidelines for editors
Text Recycling Research Project, update on the project March 2020
Understanding text recycling, COPE webinar 2020 with members of Text Recycling Research Project
Text recycling research project, COPE European Seminar 2019, with members of the Text Recycling Research Project
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