2.1 - Text Recycling in Scientific Writing: What Editors Need to Know

Monday, May 1, 2023

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Location: Grand Ballroom West

Moderator(s)

Kelly Hadsell, BA (she/her/hers)

Managing Editor
Federation of State Medical Boards, District of Columbia, United States

Presenter(s)

Cary A. Moskovitz, PhD (he/him/his)

Director, Writing in the Disciplines
Duke University, North Carolina, United States
David Hansen, JD, MSLS

Executive Director
Authors Alliance

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For the past two decades, text recycling (AKA "self-plagiarism") has been a source of considerable confusion and frustration for science editors. Over the past six years, the Text Recycling Research Project (TRRP) has been studying the ethical, legal and practical issues of text recycling in scientific writing and developing a variety of resources for editors and authors. Two members of the TRRP -- Cary Moskovitz, director and lead P.I., and Dave Hansen, Executive Director at Authors Alliance -- will give an overview of the underlying ethical and legal issues and review two key resources from the TRRP: "Best Practices for Researchers" and the “Model Text Recycling Policy." Following this lecture will be time for Q&A.