10-10 Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles
There are a couple of rare situations in which it may be acceptable to publish the same article in more than 1 place: Consensus or position papers Papers in journals published in different languages Under these conditions, duplicate publication — or secondary publication, as it is more commonly called in these cases — may be beneficial. For example, a consensus or position paper prepared by a scientific or medical organization may contain information that needs to be communicated to the practitioners of an entire specialty or investigators in an entire field. Or a paper may contain information that needs to be communicated to people who speak different languages or who live in different countries. However, if secondary publication is warranted for either of these reasons, certain conditions must first be met, as stated in the Uniform Requirements: 1. The authors have received approval from the editors of both journals; the editor concerned with secondary publication must have a photocopy, reprint, or manuscript of the primary version. 2. The priority of the primary publication is respected by a publication interval of at least 1 week (unless specifically negotiated otherwise by both editors). 3. The paper for secondary publication is intended for a different group of readers; an abbreviated version could be sufficient. 4. The secondary version faithfully reflects the data and interpretations of the primary version. 5. The footnote on the title page of the secondary version informs readers, peers, and documenting agencies that the paper has been published in whole or in part and states the primary reference. A suitable footnote might read: “This article is based on a study first reported in the [title of journal, with full reference].” 6. The title of the secondary publication should indicate that it is a secondary publication (complete republication, abridged republication, complete translation, or abridged translation) of a primary publication. Of note, the National Library of Medicine does not consider translations to be “republications” and does not cite or index translations when the original article was published in a journal that is indexed in MEDLINE.
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