autoplagiarism

Even self-plagiarism (or autoplagiarism), defined as copying from previous work by the author, could be considered unethical as it may involve copyright infringement (i.e., as a condition of publication in AMS journals, authors are required to transfer intellectual property rights to the AMS--hence, authors no longer "own" previously published work).

For this to have been a genuine novel would be unthinkable; Bolano would have had to commit autoplagiarism against himself.

(a) "streaming" or autoplagiarism, the serial publication of many articles on the same subject with little new material in each (citing Ross McDonald, and Snodgrass); (b) "salami science" or "L.P.U." (least publishable unit) in which the research material is divided up into as many different articles as possible (citing Snodgrass); (c) the publishing of work claiming to be new without adequate reference to existing literature (citing Ross McDonald); (d) honorary authorship, which attributes authorship to parties who contributed little or nothing (citing Brogan & Brogan, and Cooper); and (e) the question of the comparative weight to be given to jointly authored publications (citing Bayer & Smart).

An all-too-common ethical breach which he addresses is what he refers to as "academic make-believe." One version of this is the padded C.V., with minor works misidentified as "peer reviewed"; identical works listed more than once with only different titles (described by Decoo as "autoplagiarism"); publications listed as "in press" or "forthcoming" which are in fact yet to be written; a brief incidental conversation characterized as participation in a conference; a brief informal campus visit as a "postdoctoral fellowship"; a simple recognition as a prestigious prize; claimed development of courseware which is actually "fake-ware," "masqueradeware," or "emptyware" in Decoo's terms; or awarded degrees falsified and honorific titles invented.