When Does Previous Disclosure Become a “Prior Publication” Problem?

Abstract

How much of the substance of a paper can be made public before a peer-reviewed biomedical journal will consider the paper no longer sufficiently newsworthy for publication? We are talking here about where there has been a “prior publication” somewhere other than in another peer-reviewed journal. The considerations are different from publication that is duplicate/redundant/salami/repetitive/overlapping/multiple—all terms referring to where a paper, part of it, or its data have been published in another peer-reviewed journal. 1 Langdon-Neuner E Publication more than once: duplicate publication and reuse of text. J Tehran University Heart Center. 2008; 3: 1-4 Google Scholar Erratum: Chest 2009; 135:233–237CHESTVol. 135Issue 6PreviewIn the January 2009 issue, in the article by Langdon-Neuner titled “When Does Previous Disclosure Become a Prior Publication?” (Chest 2009; 135:233–237), the last sentence of the first full paragraph on page 234, the sentence should read, “Press reports of meetings are also not precluded, but additional data or copies of tables should not amplify such reports.” Full-Text PDF