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Can I include my published paper in my thesis?
Answer: It is perfectly acceptable to use one of your previously published papers as your thesis chapter. However, to avoid copyright issues, you should take permission from the journal where your paper was published. Generally journal editors don’t have any problems with reuse and readily give permission.
Can you plagiarize your own thesis?
Self-plagiarism is a real thing (and misconduct in some cases)—but reusing your papers in your thesis (with citation!) is completely fine. “The spirit of the law is that you are free to use your own work several times even if you assigned your copyright away” seems wrong about copyright.
Will turnitin detect my own work?
To answer your previous question: yes, Turnitin can definitely detect copy and paste. They ask themselves ‘Can Turnitin detect my own work?’ and they will take an old paper from another course and hope it sticks. If it’s carefully rewritten, you might be able to confuse Turnitin.
How do you publish a thesis in a journal?
How to Write a Journal Article from a Thesis
- Identify the best journal for your work.
- Shorten the length of your thesis.
- Reformat the introduction as an abstract.
- Modify the introduction.
- Tighten the methods section.
- Report main findings in the results.
- Discussion must be clear and concise.
- Limit the number of references.
Should I publish my thesis as an ebook?
Do not opt to publish your thesis as an ebook/academic book. You’ve already published three papers (which is fantastic!) from your data, continue to go that route. This means you can use as much as you want from your publications into your thesis.
Can I use a paper published by OUP in my thesis?
Here it is very clear that you are allowed to reproduce your papers published by OUP in your thesis and are not required to ask for permission. Check with the publishers of your papers. It is very likely they have something along these lines in their copyright agreements.
Can I add 3 papers in an appendix to a thesis?
Each of your three papers is re-cast in a separate chapter in your thesis, and then verbatim in an appendix. You most likely have assigned your original copyright in your papers to the journal that published them. I think adding the papers as an appendix is unnecessary, and may fall foul of the journal’s copyright.
Who owns the copyright to a research paper in a journal?
Technically, in most cases, the journal owns the copyright, and you are not allowed to distribute it or reuse your figures without their permission. But, as many institutions follow a sandwich thesis (that is, the body of the thesis are the papers verbatim), the copyright transfer agreement explicitly permits this reproduction.