On Self-Citation
Self-citation is not inherently wrong. It can show continuity in a research program, clarify methodological reuse, or connect a new paper to earlier arguments. The ethical problem begins when self-citation…
Essays
Longer pieces on the work of research — writing, publishing, ethics, and the craft of building a scholarly life.
On the ethics of coauthored AI drafts
AI-assisted writing raises an ethical question that older tools such as spell-checkers and grammar editors did not fully pose: whose thinking does the text represent? This essay distinguishes between AI…
The First Draft Is the Commitment
First drafts are difficult not because researchers lack ideas, but because writing forces commitment. This essay reflects on why academic writers struggle to begin, why the first draft should not…