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Q: What is the average amount of self-citation in medical literature?

Detailed question-Is there any norm or acceptable ratio? Is there any link or reference for this?
  • Asked on July 4, 2020

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Would you need this for a study that you are doing or as a guideline for the papers you work on?

If it’s a study, this would seem to be for a literature…

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Q: Is it true that double submission is acceptable in papers of legal and advocacy topics?

Detailed question-I heard once that papers in law can be sent to multiple journals at the same time. Is this true?

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Hello Deisi – Welcome to the forum! Right away, that seems to be our understanding too (in this forum). However, let’s check with our subject area experts for law and…

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Q: If I find and communicate a mistake about data on resubmitting for a minor revision, would it be regarded as a fraud?

Detailed question-I submitted a manuscript for a retrospective clinical study, and was told by the journal that my manuscript would be accepted only if I made a minor revision and provide…
  • Asked on June 29, 2020

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From all that you have described, it seems to be a genuine mistake or oversight. Also, it doesn’t seem to impact the…

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Q: Would this be considered a case of academic misconduct?

Detailed question-The case is as follows.A supervisor has recently published a paper. The data and images in the paper are all from a graduation paper (for a master's degree) of his…
  • Asked on June 28, 2020

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Yes, it would. In fact, it would be academic/scholarly misconduct/misbehavior on several counts, as discussed below.

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Q: A researcher wishes to observe and record the behavior of an individual over time.

  • Asked on June 25, 2020

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Hello. We understand you have a query around this and we understand it in all probability is whether the stated intention/action is ethical. However, for the…

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Q: Would the following scenario qualify as 'academic harassment' or even racism?

Detailed question-Someone who claims himself to be an evaluator of clinical research reviewed more than 40 articles published in different peer-reviewed journals and asked all these…
  • Asked on June 16, 2020

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Hello. Thanks for your dual queries around this issue. Please note that we have combined them into a single query here as the text for both queries was the same. Also…

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Q: Is it possible to submit a paper to a journal after withdrawing it from a previous journal and removing the previous corresponding author's name?

Detailed question-I completed planning, information-collecting, and drafting a paper as the first author. Then, after further correction by (inviting) a prominent author as the…

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Thanks for describing your situation in such detail. However, note that we have made some edits…

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Q: Can I send journal contents as a paid e-newsletter if I summarize them in my own words?

Detailed question-I am working in the rehabilitation field, and I feel that useful research results published in journals are not fully communicated or shared to the actual clinical scene…
  • Asked on June 1, 2020

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To start off, we understand the scenario you have described. Although research communication is a growing area and many…

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Q: Can I publish one chapter from my master's thesis as a journal article after publishing the thesis as a book?

Detailed question-I had published my master thesis as a book. Now, I want to publish a thesis chapter as a journal article. This is because it is unique work – I found three unique…
  • Asked on May 29, 2020

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This should be fine to do. But you need to keep the following points in mind.

You should cite…
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Q: If I submit two papers for two different countries based on the same questionnaire, would it be considered a case of salami slicing?

Detailed question-I performed a survey for two countries using the same questionnaire. Then, I wrote a paper 1 with the data obtained from the respondents of country A and also wrote a…
  • Asked on May 28, 2020

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Based on the information you have provided, it does seem to be a case of salami slicing. Although the populations for…

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