Ethical Issues in Scientific Publishing 10-13
material is to ask for permission — and be sure to credit the original source. The other consequence of self-plagiarism is that your credibility as an expert in a particular area comes into question. It suggests that your knowledge is so limited that you could not come up with more than 1 original description. Indeed, if you find yourself describing the same thing in 2 different places, one would expect that the description would be different because you should be writing for 2 different audiences reading 2 different publications. If that is not the case, then maybe you should rethink writing the second manuscript. The consequences of plagiarism are many: You damage your credibility and your integrity. You violate copyright law. You could face legal consequences , including possible expensive fines. You may not be allowed to publish in that journal or all journals in that particular field for a certain period of time. You could face academic penalties — denial of tenure, grants, promotion, etc. Conflict of Interest One of the best definitions of conflict of interest comes from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Conflict of interest exists when an author (or author’s institution), reviewer, or editor has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her actions. Conflict of interest for an author, reviewer, or journal editor can result from Owning stock in a company Being an employee of a company
Being on the board of directors of a company Receiving financial support from a company Working for a competing company Doing research on a competing product Personal relationships
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