Auto-plagiarism

Synonym: Augmented publication

 

Instead of creating an original piece of work, the author adds insignificant additional data and/or information to his/her previously published work and changes title, modifies aim of the study, and recalculates results. Also, it is the omission of cross-citation to own previous publications.

 

Cited in Glossary for Academic Integrity. ENAI Report 3G [online] (2018): Adapted from: Dhammi, I. K., & Haq, R. U. (2016). What is plagiarism and how to avoid it? Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, 50(6): 581-583.

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