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Whose responsibility is duplicate submission?
Ten days after receiving an article for consideration, a group of editors received an email from the publisher informing them that the particular author in question had recently submitted nine articles to their journals, eight of which had been submitted in the previous seven weeks. Based on the similarity of the titles, the publisher had concerns about possible duplicate submission and had… - Case
Duplicate submission of a paper
A paper concerning the prevention of coronary disease in primary care was received. This examined the practical consequences of following some recent national recommendations and suggested that the recommendations were unrealistic. A few weeks later another paper from the same authors was submitted, which the editor who first read it thought was probably an inadvertent duplicate submission of… - Case
Duplicate submission
The committee discussed that this did indeed sound like an example of attempted salami publication. The editors’ note that substantial portions of the text were identical may indicate that this is closer to attempted duplicate submission. The editors should write to the authors again stating a deadline for response. If the authors do not respond the editors should write to all the authors’… - Case
Duplicate submission
…occurrence of duplicate submission. The corresponding author claimed that he had entrusted one of the authors to submit it to our journal. Then the corresponding author was away with no telephone access and on his return he found that the paper had been submitted to two journals. He went on to say that his colleagues have access to his e-mail account and so they used his email account to submit to the… - Case
Duplicate submission
The editor wrote to the authors but received a very unsatisfactory reply. The editor reported back to the editorial board. The editor has decided not to accept any submissions from these authors for the next two years.… - Case
Duplicate submission
…editors of journal A about the possibility of duplicate submission. · Was the author guilty of duplicate submission? Could he reasonably suppose that having formally withdrawn his article from journal B, it was not “under consideration” again there until/unless he formally resubmitted it? Does the exchange of emails… - Case
Yet more attempted duplicate publication
A study submitted to a journal was sent out for external review. The reviewer pointed out that it was essentially a shorter version of a paper already published elsewhere. The authors had referenced this paper, but did not make clear that the submitted paper was simply a summary of the other published paper. Nor did they mention the other paper in the covering letter, or include a copy of it. O… - Case
Duplicate submission, self-plagiarism
…publication. When challenged the authors replied in great detail arguing about the exact extent of duplication but also saying this was an ‘honest mistake’ of not disclosing the other paper to us as it was not yet accepted. They still argue for the value of their paper. We have rejected the paper pointing out that duplicate submission is unacceptable. Should we do more?… - Case
Duplicate submission to two journals and previous duplicate publication uncovered
An identical paper was submitted simultaneously to two journals. Both editors had received a signed statement from the authors declaring that their paper had not been submitted elsewhere. Duplicate submission became evident only when the associate editor of one of the journals was sent the paper to review by the editor of the other journal. The author also cited two papers within this… - CaseOn-going
Duplicate submission and request for withdrawal
…waited for the acceptance before withdrawing from journal A. Journal A contacted journal B to explain the duplicate submission, and that the authors requested withdrawal, citing doubts in the validity of their paper’s data. Questions for the COPE Forum Should journal B retract the paper on these grounds? What happens if journal B does not receive… - Seminars and webinars
Asia-Pacific Seminar 2011: Duplicate and salami publications in science
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Repetitive duplicate submission to multiple journals and redundant publication
…submitted to J8, J2, and J7. J2 contacted J8 about possible duplicate submission. J8 rejected MsD based on reviewer reports and also added a note to the author informing them that there had been a report of possible duplicate submission with their Ms. The abstract of MsD has been found to be identical to the abstract of an article published in June 2005 in J10 with the exception of two… - Case
Dual submission
A referee’s report on a paper informed this editor that the authors had submitted a very similar paper to another journal. Both papers analyse the same 30 cases of an unusual neoplasm, and the tables and five of the photomicrographs are identical. There is also considerable duplication of text in the article. We have written to the authors requesting them to clarify how this has arisen… - CaseCase Closed
Boundaries of duplicate submission
…at both journals, but this is not a case of duplicate or simultaneous submission. Their 'shopping around' for the easiest path was not professional, but also not strictly unethical. The publication should proceed as planned by journal A. The journal may like to consider if editorial language should be clearer in such cases. Editors should consider not using ambiguous decisions such as… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2013: Posters
…Poster: Experiences of unethical practices in a leading Pakistani biomedical journal [PDF 22KB] - CaseOn-going
Simultaneous submission without aiming at duplicate publication
…B communicated this to journal A. Meanwhile, journal A was concerned that the review was appearing as “in press” in journal B during the investigation. Journal B then temporarily withdrew the “in press” version of the review until a conclusion to the case was reached. Journal B concluded that this was a case of simultaneous submission without aiming at duplicate publication. Journal B received the… - Case
Duplicate publication based on government data
…neither of the editors had been informed of the submission to another journal. The editor wrote back to the author requesting a copy of the letter sent to the editor of Journal B. The letter made no mention of the previous submission to Journal A. The copied letter of submission to Journal B was not dated, but an accompanying letter from the author said that it had been sent in the week of 25 July. Both… - Case
Dual submission
…under submission. _ Author dispute and ineptitude could underlie this case. _ Write to the authors reminding them what good publication practice is and that duplicate submission is not acceptable.… - Case
Attempted duplicate publication
A reviewer informed Journal A that a manuscript s/he had been asked to review was very similar to one s/he had reviewed for Journal B. The lead author was informed about this and told the editors would come back to him after discussing the matter further. These discussions found striking similarities between the two papers and that the two manuscripts had been handled within the same tim… - Case
A case of duplicate publication?
…This is a difficult issue as the editor considers it a case of duplicate publication but the authors disagree. Some journals ask authors to send related papers when submitting their articles for publication. The Forum agreed that journals should have some form of declaration in the instructions to authors or the submission information must be very clear on the rules of duplicate…