Self-plagiarism: Why reusing your own work isn’t harmless

You probably all know what plagiarism is: using someone else’s work without giving them proper credit. It is a form of theft, a serious breach of academic ethics, and is heavily sanctioned, for students and for researchers alike. But what is the meaning the word “self-plagiarism”? You cannot steal from yourself! Our colleague Catherine Brendow explains.

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Open access report 2023: Geneva Graduate Institute research is more open than ever before

78% of the journal articles published by our researchers in 2023 were open-access, compared to 66% in 2022, 52% in 2021, and 35% in 2020. This progress is driven by our Read and Publish agreements with major publishers, the OA mandates of many funders, and the conviction of most researchers that open-access publishing is good for them. But is this “gold route” sustainable in the long term?

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Welcome to Geneva!

Geneva - Pont des Bergues, by Xavier von Erlach

“Y en a point comme nous!” (There are none like us!). Like probably all nations on Earth, Swiss people are often convinced to live in a special (and God-blessed) country, the “land of milk and money”, as an irreverent Englishman wrote once. Apart from its gorgeous landscapes, Switzerland has many particular features, not always positive. As a new cohort of students arrives to spend some time here, we have selected books and films to introduce them to Switzerland and Geneva.

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Plagiarism – the capital sin in academia?

"Artist's signature", crossed, replaced by "mine"

Second-year master’s students are now toiling over their theses, which is hard enough in this beautiful weather. Some of them may also be burdened by a nagging doubt: what if I were suspected of plagiarism? Plagiarism can have severe consequences for the culprit and even ruin political careers years later. Here is what you should know about plagiarism and how to avoid it.

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