Duplicate publication, redundant publication, and disclosure of closely related publications

Duplicate Publication in the Field of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery

“…The issue of cross‐referencing companion publications is of paramount importance when authors submit a manuscript that bears some similarity to prior work. As stated by Britton and Knox, 3 “As editors we understand that multiple analyses or investigations of existing datasets or biological resources are commonplace, and would regard this to be perfectly acceptable so long as this is made clear in the manuscript. Disclosure is crucial in these circumstances, however, so that editors and readers know that samples or data used in different papers are not independent and can interpret findings accordingly.”…”

Duplicate publications and related problems in published papers on oral and maxillofacial surgery

“…However, the index publication should always be clearly referenced. 11,18,19 The limitations of this study pertain to the possible underestimation of the rate of redundant articles. First, the 3 journals used to identify the index articles were chosen because of their higher impact factors and wide readership, 20 but it is likely that the rate would have been higher if more had been selected.…”

A Case Study of Salami Slicing: Pooled Analyses of Duloxetine for Depression

“…Journal editors, peer reviewers, and researchers should be aware that salami publication wastes valuable resources of editors, reviewers, and journals [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Further, salami publications may be more representative of propaganda than of actual contributions to science [48].…”

“…Salami manuscripts may waste the valuable time of peer reviewers. Journal editors from a variety of disciplines have bemoaned the practice of ‘salami slicing’ [1,2,3,4,5,6]. In general, salami publications have been linked to the ‘publish or perish’ environment of academia; however, salami publications are likely used for more than just advancing the careers of academics.…”