Dear Community,
I am writing review articles in which I want to describe procedures from other papers.
Indeed, It is clear that the origin of data must be listed. But how detailed can a procedure from a foreign source be written down - in own words? Especially when specific procedure parameters (e.g. concentrations of chemical components, temperature etc.) are extracted from a paper - are there dangerous copyright traps i need to consider?
Any help is highly appreciated..
Hi, the main thing is to indicate the source, and this does not mean that you should use the same words, but you must follow the basic meaning of the word.
Dear Michal,
Writing a review article involves a lot of organization. When you are presenting a procedure elaborated in one of your reference papers, you may do so in your own words and be precise, and analyze the procedure in your perspective; Due citation is required. However, at times I have seen journals retracting review articles citing reasons that the author has reproduced the text (and tables) verbatim from another article.
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