# Can you plagiarise your own work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 1, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-plagiarise-your-own-work/366853 "2006-08-01T07:15:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-plagiarise-your-own-work/366853/21 "2006-08-02T15:33:03Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I read a lot of Asimov, and with all those anthologies from different decades, there’s a lot of repeats. They’re all pretty clearly marked as repeats, though. Wait. That doesn’t mean I disbelieve **Chronos** , just that Asimov anthologies are where I see that convention I lot. I like Chronos’ story, but for the life of me, I’m blanking on which stories he’s talking about. But giving just how much the man wrote in his lifetime, I’d be surprised if he \*could \*remember it all! ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-plagiarise-your-own-work/366853/22 "2006-08-02T15:55:48Z")
In my experience publishing (academic works) it’s ethical to communicate that you are borrowing from your previous work. When I describe my research methods in different publications, they tend to look very similar - there’s only so many ways you can describe interviewing techniques and the like. When I introduce an idea or concept that has previously appeared in a publication, I cite it - myself (Hollow, 2006). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-plagiarise-your-own-work/366853.md?page=1)