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Seeking Advice: No Citation from a PI I Applied to Work With, Who Built on My Preprint
Last year, I applied to multiple PhD programs with limited research experience but worked hard to publish a preprint on arXiv and submitted it to a workshop before the application cycle. One of the ...
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What expression to use when citing a publication for a result bordering one, oneself seeks to publish? (replicate, corroborate, in line with)
The specific reason for citing/referencing a publication may accompany an expression signifying that. One broad reason is empirical results (other broad reasons are theoretical ideas, methodological ...
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Is it plagiarism to end your paper in a similar way with a similar conclusion?
I am really paranoid/scrupulous about plagiarism and I would like to ask if what I did below counts as some form of plagiarism. A while ago, I wrote a paper and basically I don't know if the very last ...
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Citation depth dilemma (writing sci. article for peer review journal)
The scenario:
in an article, found a point/claim/fact that would fit/support perfectly a broader point I'm trying to construct (@Related works section)
The dilemma:
Whom to cite?
a) only the ...
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Citing unpublished figure from an ex colleague
A former colleague has created a figure. The figure is not published and serves only as a mean for information sharing. I used to be a part of that research group and thus had access to it.
I ...
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Citing the results of other peoples experiment in my own work
I'm doing a research for my bachelor degree final project and it contains no experiments.
I found a paper which has published results of an experiment and their data and images/diagrams are so ...
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How to show in your thesis that a related work was published after your publication and did a similar things?
I am currently writing my dissertation and at the beginning, I published a conference paper that proposes how something can be used for a special purpose. I have cited someones something who never ...
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Week before Master's thesis deadline, found publication that explores same concept with slightly different results
My Master's thesis is due in a week and I am currently writing up all of my results. To my horror, I have just found a paper that seems to explore virtually the same concept as I do, although they ...
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How do I use lemmas that are probably already proven, but including the proof myself is quicker than looking up a source?
Suppose I have proven several lemmas during my work that are neither original nor significant (these results were needed for applied engineering/CS research, not mathematics). I believe that if I ...
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How to properly credit other people when writing a text book?
In many textbooks, authors usually write about other people's research results without the type of detailed and extensive citations typically seen in a research paper.
Often times without any credit ...
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Someone cited citations I used without citing my work and effort in finding the references
Recently I came across a conference paper that tried to solve the same problem I solved couple of years ago and published a workshop publication about, but using a different algorithm. In their ...
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Is it okay to incorporate a block of citations from a review paper into my own paper?
I'm currently writing a paper on a certain topic for which a review article was recently published. Of course, I want to contrast my new approach to existing techniques. For that purpose, I have ...
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How to explain a physics mechanism that I study from other paper in my report while avoiding plagiarism?
As I understand about writing a research project report or master thesis report, it must be complete, self-sufficient. The readers can understand the report/book by reading it thoroughly without the ...
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How do I cite a source from a another source? [duplicate]
Suppose I'm writing an article about topic X. During research I come across a related article in which the author has made statement Y and referenced publication Z. For one reason or another, I haven'...
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Is an author allowed to use the same figure in different papers without citation?
Authors A, B and C published paper [1] in journal X.
Author B created a figure for paper [1]. The figure is not essential and does not contain any important data. It is just a geometric ilustration.
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Citing a citation from a paper? [duplicate]
So, I have a sentence in a paper I'm writing that looks like this:
This result was first discovered by Person X (PaperX 1915).
The issue is, the paper I cite, let's call it Paper X, written by ...
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Is copying numbers from published scientific articles considered plagiarism/copyright infringement?
Considering that proper reference is provided (journal, author name, date etc.), is copying exact numbers from published scientific articles could be considered plagiarism or copyright infringement?
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Would it be unethical to not cite a figure obtained from a Q&A forum?
We are writing an article in which we should give a figure (a satellite image; not a real map) to make the 'preliminary' section complete and understandable.
However, drawing the image ourselves is ...
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Ethical Problems Brought by Academic Paywalls [duplicate]
The question is simple. I am working on a topic. I came across a paper that is behind a paywall which my research institution (i.e. university) has no access to it and it may or may not be relevant to ...
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Is it plagiarism (or bad practice) to cite reviews instead of source material directly? [duplicate]
My first source of information when preparing a manuscript are reviews. If up-to-date and comprehensive, I feel I can create most of my introduction by rephrasing and citing them. Nevertheless, ...
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How to quote a definition from a paper which cites another paper for the definition
I have to write the definition for a term in my Paper. I find the best definition for the term in a particular paper, say paper1. I would like to quote the definition as it is in my paper. I believe ...
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Plagiarism of a co-author?
I am PhD student. My PhD advisor wrote a research paper literally copy pasting several paragraphs from a already published paper, which was written by me as main author and he is just second author. ...
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Is it better to give reference when I use the same sentence which state a fact or I must paraphrase it? [duplicate]
I am new to the concept of plagiarism and also how to give reference in an article. As my English is not very well, I may use some sentences borrowed from other papers. But they may just define a term ...
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Is it plagiarism to publish a table that was published earlier in a different journal?
I need to a include a table which contains the basic characteristics of study participants. However, in a related previous publication that dealt with a different hypothesis, the table was published. ...
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What to do when you publish a paper that accidentally included a wrong or irrelevant citation?
My paper was published and later on I found that two references were mistakenly included with the third reference, which is the correct.
My phrase looks like this:
I am worried about this (Smith ...
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