Abstract
Salami publication or segmented publication is a distinct form of redundant publication which is usually characterized by similarity of hypothesis, methodology or results but not text similarity. These aspects of publications are not objectively detected by software applications and therefore present a serious threat to publication ethics. This article presents a practical approach for dealing with manuscripts suspected of salami publication during the submission process and after article publication in Biochemia Medica.
Highlights
In the last issue of Biochemia Medica, Research Integrity Corner presented the ethical problem of self-plagiarism and ways to handle such cases [1]
Even though salami publication was briefly described in the previous article, recent cases of questionable publication ethics show that this type of misconduct is not recognized as such
In order to prevent this kind of misconduct in future, it is important to inform our readership of salami publication in more detail
Summary
In the last issue of Biochemia Medica, Research Integrity Corner presented the ethical problem of self-plagiarism and ways to handle such cases [1]. Even though salami publication was briefly described in the previous article, recent cases of questionable publication ethics show that this type of misconduct is not recognized as such. Some of those cases involved submissions to Biochemia Medica. Salami publication can be roughly defined as a publication of two or more articles derived from a single study [2]. Articles of such type report on data collected from a single study split into several segments just large enough to gain reasonable results and conclusions, known as “minimal publishable unit” [3]. From the publication ethics point of view, it is even worse because it cannot be detected, gives undeserved credit to authors, misleads the scientific community and directly influences clinical practice by distorting medical evidence
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