I have to disagree with Miguel here... agree with Barbato. I have spent the last decade researching a single paradigm and plan to do so until I retire probably. It has taken me years to phrase some of the basics in the most clear way so that others can understand what I mean. I don't want to have to think of more alternative ways to say some things. I had to really craft the text of the basic ideas carefully because I'm trying to explain some relatively abstract concepts in the most effective way possible for the listener/reader. So to have to redo this in a potentially less effective way to avoid self-plagiarism seems down right silly. They are my words that I worked on, and if they form the foundation of parts of the introduction and methods section then I can't believe it's a problem to reuse them whenever I write about the same topic. In fact, I have tried to just free write the methods section in subsequent papers and found myself repeating myself verbatim without even trying.
I an left asking myself if we haven't had the pendulum swing too far, once we have to worry about repeating parts of introductory explanations to set the stage for a new study, as being somehow "dishonest" or lacking "integrity." Just my 2 cents here. What do the others on the list think? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: Rick Froman [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:58 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Self-plagiarism http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/57676/ Interesting post on The Scientist.com with quotes from TIPSter (and plagiarism expert) Miguel Roig. (I don’t mean that he is good at it, just that he knows a lot about it.) Rick Rick Froman [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=4833 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-4833-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-4833-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4837 or send a blank email to leave-4837-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
