Q: Can I use my published results and republish them with some additional information in an SCI journal?

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I published two papers in ESCI  and one in SCIE indexed journal while I was doing my PhD. However, when I try for academic positions, the focus of the selection committee is more towards SCI/SCIE journals. The two papers published in ESCI journals seem not to get much attention. I wasn't aware at that time that indexing is so crucial to secure an academic position, and I blindly followed university guidelines to publish in fully OA journals (DOAJ & Scopus indexed). Can we re-use some of the results from the papers I published in the ESCI journals and add additional case studies and publish in SCI/SCIE journals (with proper citation to the old papers) to get more attention?

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In my honest opinion, this would not be ethical. From what you are saying, the purpose of publishing a new paper to be to get more attention, not to present a new research. With this purpose in mind, I don't think you will be able to produce something that will add significant value to the existing literature. It will result in a redundant publication that will artificially inflate your publication count, not advance knowledge in the field.

Additionally, it will also be difficult for you to get the paper published in a reputed journal if the content is similar to previously published papers. Therefore, I wouldn't really recommend that you republish the same results with a little additional information. I would rather suggest that you think of ways ot promote those articles.

Here are some resources that will help you understand how you can use social media to promote your paper and increase outreach:

You can also consider taking this course on How to promote your research for greater impact!

Once you have promoted your research, it will have a positive impact on your citation count. You can share your citation metrics in your CV using the Altmetric tool. You can also see if people are talking about your article on social media and share those conversations. You can create a small section on your CV after the "Publications" section titled "Highlights" to share these metrics and conversations. Hopefully, this will help draw the attention of the selection committee towards the articles published in ESCI indexed journals.

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