UGC issues guidelines against self-plagiarism in academics

The University Grants Commission (UGC) releases guidelines to evaluate the instances of text recycling or self-plagiarism in academia.

In order to keep a check on self-plagiarism in academia, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued guidelines and will be releasing the parameters to evaluate instances of text recycling or self-plagiarism soon.

In a notice issued on the UGC website, the Commission has said that the reproduction of one's own previously published work without citation will not be accepted.

"Reproduction, in part or whole, of one's own previously, published work without adequate citation and proper acknowledgment and claiming the most recent work as new and original for any academic advantage amounts to 'text-recycling' (also known as 'self-plagiarism') and is not acceptable," reads the UGC notice.

The Commission has also explained what all will be counted under text recycling or self-plagiarism.

Republishing a paper which has already been published elsewhere without due and full citation, or publishing smaller/excerpted work from a longer and previous paper without due and full citation will be counted as text recycling or self-plagiarism.

UGC has also directed Vice-Chancellors, Selection Committees, Screening Committees, IQACs and all experts involved in academic performance or evaluation and assessment to evaluate an applicant's published work to ensure that it is not self-plagiarized. The Commission asked them to make sure of it before promotion, selection, credit allotment, or award of research degrees.

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