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‘PUBLISH OR PERISH’: THE PITFALLS OF DUPLICATE PUBLICATION
Author(s) -
NOÈ LESLIE F.,
BATTEN DAVID J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
palaeontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1475-4983
pISSN - 0031-0239
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00617.x
Subject(s) - publish or perish , citation , publication , damages , perspective (graphical) , quality (philosophy) , theme (computing) , history , library science , computer science , law , epistemology , political science , publishing , philosophy , world wide web , artificial intelligence
Duplication of previously published text or figures in the scientific literature without adequate citation is plagiarism or, in the case of an author's own work, self‐plagiarism. It breaches the ethical standards that are expected in science and threatens the integrity of scientific journals. Three examples of duplication are noted, one of which involves Palaeontology . Redundant publication lowers the quality of scientific literature, damages the good standing of journals, and reduces the intellectual impact of a study. Multiple papers on a particular theme are only acceptable if each builds significantly upon previous work and contains only as much background information as necessary to put the new data and observations into perspective.