I am just asking the norms in the academic community where many review papers are being also published as book chapters with very little changes. Is it ethical or not.
Hmm.... I have written Book Chapters about the same research that I have published in Peer Review Articles.... but I gather what folks are referring to is that it cannot be the same exact content in the two.... But frequently researchers just look at another aspect of their research.... and that can easily be rewritten for a solid Book Chapter... especially if there has been time between the two pieces...
Here is a Book Chapter and an article that basically cover the same material - although notice the difference in time of publication - Hope this helps...
One of my papers published was translated cover to cover from English into Russian language and reproduced in a Russian monograph published by Mir-Publishers, Moscow. But the editor of the monograph took written permission from me and also from the publisher of the Journal in which the original paper was published. Be careful of IPR and Copyright.
A journal owns the material it publishes, even though the author did the work and wrote the paper. Publishers now can use plagiarism detection software. If the match is beyond their threshold score, they may claim plagiarism, even if it plagiarizes your own work.
I have come across a case where a chapter in an encyclopedia was just uplifted to dump in a monograph (an assembly of some chapters from the same encyclopedia). The editor for both the encyclopedia and the monograph is the same person. The author of the chapter knows nothing about this before or after the publication of the monograph. Legal or ethical? who?
Professor Lee, I am sure I am not that person. (Just a joke). I am reviewing one chapter of a book, which 90% have already published by the same author as a review paper. There is a debate among editors that books are not journals, no need for the novelty. Because review paper is by same author and he want to put all his works in one book.The concerned author replied that many books by great authors have already been published which are the collection of their publish papers (same as published) as it is and we have already accepted it.
I was the Editor-in-Chief of two separate scholarly journals for a total of 10 years; I now serve on the editorial boards of a dozen academic journals and publishers. Even if you have assigned copyright of your essay to a journal, most book publishers will grant you permission to have your article reprinted as a book chapter (as written or with emendations). Most journals with want a slight fee for republication rights and/or they want a credit -- i.e., "This chapter appeared originally in THE JOURNAL OF X, Y, AND Z.
It will be dependent on the copyrights of your journal paper. At least you will have to ask through the Copyright Clearance Center if you have to pay a fee for reusing the paper as a hole book chapter. The things may be easier if the book will be published by the same editorial as the journal that published your paper. Otherwise, you could end paying a large amount of money.
No, I believe it is inappropriate and against the scientific ethics. However the same idea and literature with different heading and no plagiarism can be published.
Academic freedom; you own your work and research the journal does not own it. Copy right law protects that originality and the publication so that credit can be given where due.
The question that needs an answer is whether it is ETHICAL or NOT. If my own work is detached and disowned from me then it wasn't mine in the first place. If my work can suit what is being asked for as a book chapter, MY WORK (remember this!!!), then the question whether it is ethical or not is academically anachronic. Intellectual Property rights are fluid in these instances.
A comment on Ben Kukoyi's reply. Academic freedom does not necessarily mean you own the work. If you have foolishly assigned copyright in the article to a publisher, then the publisher owns it, not you. Many journal author agreements require this. Never agree to a publisher contract that requires assignment; this means you have to read the agreement's words carefully.
Dear Syed Abdul Moiz, personally, I would not publish a review article again as a book chapter with very little changes. What you could do, however, is rewrite the article and make major changes to it. Together with an update of the list of references, this could then make a useful book chapter. Always keep in mind that review articles are much better cited than book chapters.
A review article presents more rigorous critical analysis of the literature compared to a book chapter. It is not recommended commonly. However, one can take a portion of the review article and rewrite completely to publish as a chapter. I will not favor my coauthors to do so.
My understanding and experience with publishing abut 20 articles, 5 Book Chapters and a book.... Is that you can never just take one piece and put it in its entirety into another venue.... But you can take the same research or concept and rewrite the piece with a different lens and then place in a Book Chapter...... copyright issues are tricky... would be careful...
you couldn't further share part or all from your paper in any form whatever will be a journal article or a book due to the copyright agreement between you and the original publisher
Yes. With permission from the journal where the paper is published. Hower, a revission with didactical changes would be introducced with some extentension to other publications of different authors related with the topic. A book chapiter has today more applitud and overview that a specific paper.
The monograph is a selection of materials on the same topic, it also is based on published articles. The purpose of the monograph is to combine the research results into a single work. Since monographs are still publications, the terms of use of the text of each article in the monograph should be reflected in the contract for publication of this article. If the agreement does not prohibit this, then the text of the article can be used in the monograph.
Since it is customary in the world community to cite only articles in peer-reviewed journals, the authors will still refer not to a monograph or dissertation, but will try to find the original source, that is, an article in the journal. In Russia, it is often difficult to find an original article that is used in a monograph or dissertation, so such citations are treated leniently, but with the transition to international standards, this situation should be corrected.