I have published around ten papers in some journals and conferences during my Ph.D. Now I am writing a survey paper from my PhD experience that what I have learned. Now being from the same area can I refer my all papers in the survey paper along with other works? Is it ethical?
Nitin - is not a case of is it ethical - but probably more a question of 'is it required or necessary'? If you are one of the few people publishing in a niche topic discipline then you will draw on all your work. If not and there are plenty of other authors in the area, then it is wiser to just cite a few of your more important and 'impacting' works - rather than all. Journal articles, as a rule, tend to resonate more with readers and have a wider readership.
Nitin - is not a case of is it ethical - but probably more a question of 'is it required or necessary'? If you are one of the few people publishing in a niche topic discipline then you will draw on all your work. If not and there are plenty of other authors in the area, then it is wiser to just cite a few of your more important and 'impacting' works - rather than all. Journal articles, as a rule, tend to resonate more with readers and have a wider readership.
There is nothing wrong with self citations done with relevance to the topic. Sometimes, the promotion managers may give less importance to self citations than citations of your work by others, as these may be indexed separately in impact parameters like h-index etc.
I believe that the author is the primary rightholder of his works and is free to dispose of them at his discretion. Including the author certainly has the right to refer to their own work and it is quite ethical, especially if he is a doctor, developing a new scientific direction
I have published four papers and now I am writing my Ph.D. Thesis. Can I use the texts (without changing) and results from the published papers in my Thesis?
They exclude our paper from the report, and at few places supervisor give explanation that exceeding plag is due to their work only.
Self-plagiarism is not allowed in India as per the new UGC norms. So, better to take care of it.
I was thinking the question is about self-citation rather than self-plagiarism. The two would presumably have different meaning and impact. While the former may be acceptable under different conditions, the latter is absolutely unacceptable.
Self-citation without reason is non-ethical. We do not encourage self-citation, you may cite one or two at the maximum, but there must be strong reasons for such citations. For example, you have a method developed in your lab, and you have described in full detail. Now you are writing a second paper and using the same method. You do not need to repeat the process in detail. You may mention critical points and then refer the readers to your earlier paper. Here there is a strong reason for self-citation. I can see many researchers abusing the self-citation in submitted manuscripts, but it does not turn out usually with good outcomes.
Some times what we call "self-citation" turned out to "a country-based citation". I see this pattern in papers submitted from 2-3 countries in Asia. I mean here authors citing articles mostly from their own country and ignoring other essential references in the literature. Maybe they not aware of the general literature in English, or they are exchanging rewards with their colleagues or trying to say we "as a country" the leader of these areas. I am not sure which motives behind these unprofessional behaviours. But it is becoming a pattern and repeating, and several peer-reviewers and Editors are becoming aware of these behaviours. It is not good and gives a bad impression.
Well put Dean clearly. On the other hand, Samy in a country like Lebanon you will also observe certain authors ignoring other authors from different universities based on prejudice and self-centered feeling that they only are able to produce quality research !
Self citation may refer that the researcher works and completes the same idea or field. however, sometimes it refers to unethical citation.
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I think there is nothing wrong in doing that since the cited work was peer reviewed and hence can be trusted.
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