Activity | Attribution and/or citation? | Explanation |
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Printing an article for display at a conference | Attribution | Printing an article is redistribution so covered by copyright (and attribution is achieved inherently by the authors’ names and copyright ownership being stated on the article) |
Translating article for publication in another journal | Attribution + citation | Attribution is required as a translation is a derivative work, and most journal duplicate publication policies (an ethical requirement) require citation of the original paper for republications |
Paraphrasing a concept or finding within a paper | Citation | If you rely on another scientists idea for your work credit is due to the previous author through citation |
Reusing a figure, table or graph | Attribution + citation | Reusing a figure, table or graph is copying and redistribution, so requires attribution; by presenting another scientist’s representation of their data you need to give credit to their original work |
Publication of a reanalysis of data published as an additional file in a journal | Citation | The source of the data being reanalyzed may not legally need to be attributed if copyright does not apply (e.g. in the US), even if the data are included with the secondary publication, but for the reanalysis to stand up to scrutiny – and pass peer review – the source of the data must be cited |