Inbiosciencepapers,besidestheotherscientificmisconductissues,replicationofthemethodsectionisacommonproblembecauseduplicationisalwaysbeingdetectedinthesectionMaterialsandMethods.Weeditorsoftenreceivecommentsandqueriesfromauthorswhothinkthatitisamatterofcoursetocopytheirownpublishedmaterialsasopposedtocopyingthoseofothers.Howshouldeditorshandlesuchpaperswithsimilarcontentinthemethodsectionandhowtoguideauthorsinwritingthemethodsectionwithoutbeingaccusedofplagiarism?Whatisright?Whatiswrong?Herewestudiedanexampletoexplainthisproblem.
