Self-Plagiarism in Scientific Writing

In this video, I talk about self-plagiarism and explain when it’s appropriate to reuse text (text recycling).

00:00 What should Dr. Hotshot do?
01:08 What is self-plagiarism?
02:21 Self-plagiarism or text recycling?
03:05 When is text recycling appropriate?
03:43 Reconsider Dr. Hotshot’s options.
04:37 Final thoughts.

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