How to reuse/cite your paper in your thesis when both have same topic

Question

I’m writing my thesis and I submitted a paper on the same topic to a conference, where it got accepted. However, the contents such as methods, results, and conclusion are identical in text, i.e. I copy pasted the content from thesis to the paper.

Now I want to submit my thesis but I suppose it is self-plagiarism if I don't cite my paper. My question is, can use the same content in my thesis and paper if yes then how do I mention that content is reused? or should I rephrase my complete thesis now and then cite paper? But if I rephrase then how about the experiment results and figures? should I cite paper there as well?

Consult your institution's thesis style guide. Sometimes the answer is in there. — Anonymous Physicist, Jun 18 '19 at 08:19
In a similar situation, I was told to put "Portions of Chapters 1, 2, and 9 are based on material that appeared in ..." in the acknowledgements section of my dissertation.' — Patricia Shanahan, Jun 18 '19 at 13:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 18 '19 at 07:38

Now I want to submit my thesis but I suppose it is self-plagiarism if I don't cite my paper.

Self-plagiarism isn't relevant here, your thesis isn't considered published.

^{My question is, can use the same content in my thesis}

^Yes.

^{then how do I mention that content is reused?}

^{You can mention something along the lines of: This manuscript is based upon my PhD thesis [1].}

^{or should I rephrase my complete thesis now}

^{There's no need.}

^{But if I rephrase then how about the experiment results and figures?}

^{Again, there's no need.}

^{should I cite paper there as well?}

^{Citing your thesis once suffices.}

The question is about citing the conference paper in the thesis, not about citing the thesis in the paper. — Uwe, Jun 18 '19 at 12:54

How to reuse/cite your paper in your thesis when both have same topic

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