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Academic integrity

Self-plagiarism

Also called: text recycling, duplicate publication

Reusing your own previously submitted or published work as though it were new, without disclosing it.

Submitting the same essay to two courses, or republishing a paper's substance without saying so, misrepresents how much new work exists. In publishing it also risks breaching the copyright you assigned to the first journal, and it double-counts findings in any later meta-analysis.

Reusing your own material is often legitimate — methods sections in particular are frequently and reasonably recycled. The rule is disclosure: cite your earlier work, and ask the editor or instructor where you are unsure.

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