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Pursnani S, Feiertag J, Corey Z, Alzubaidi A, Lehman EB, Raman JD. Analysis of Abstracts Presented at an AUA Sectional Meeting: Duplicate Abstract Submissions and Previously Published Manuscript Data. Urology 2024:S0090-4295(24)00416-3. [PMID: 38825080 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Suraj Pursnani
- Department of Urology, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA 17033.
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- Department of Urology, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA 17033.
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- Department of Urology, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA 17033.
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- Department of Urology, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA 17033.
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA 17033.
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- Department of Urology, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA 17033.
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Muraleedharan A, Kumar BA. The malady of redundant publications: Common yet poorly understood. JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE 2022. [DOI: 10.4103/jcrsm.jcrsm_85_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Ding D, Nguyen B, Gebel K, Bauman A, Bero L. Duplicate and salami publication: a prevalence study of journal policies. Int J Epidemiol 2020; 49:281-288. [PMID: 32244256 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Duplicate and salami publication are unethical, but are common practices with substantial consequences for science and society at large. Scientific journals are the 'gatekeepers' of the publication process. We investigated journal policies on duplicate and salami publication. METHODS In 2018, we performed a content analysis of policies of journals in the disciplines of 'epidemiology and public health' and 'general and internal medicine'. Journal policies were searched, extracted, coded and cross-checked. The associations of disciplinary categories and journal impact factors with journal policies were examined using Poisson regression models with a robust error variance. RESULTS A total of 209 journals, including 122 in epidemiology and public health and 87 in general and internal medicine, were sampled and their policies investigated. Overall, 18% of journals did not have any policies on either practice, 33% only referred to a generic guideline or checklist without explicit mention about either practice, 36% included policies on duplicate publication and only 13% included policies on both duplicate and salami publication. Having explicit journal policies did not differ by journal disciplinary categories (epidemiology and public health vs general and internal medicine) or impact factors. Further analysis of journals with explicit policies found that although duplicate publication is universally discouraged, policies on salami publication are inconsistent and lack specific definitions of inappropriate divisions of papers. CONCLUSIONS Gaps exist in journal policies on duplicate and salami publication, characterized by an overall lack of explicit policies, inconsistency and confusion in definitions of bad practices, and lack of clearly defined consequences for non-compliance. Scientific publication and the academic reward systems must evolve to credit good research practice.
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- Ding Ding
- Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,Australian Centre for Public and Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia.,Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Smithfield, QLD, Australia
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- Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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Park J, Eisenhut M, van der Vliet H, Shin J. Statistical controversies in clinical research: overlap and errors in the meta-analyses of microRNA genetic association studies in cancers. Ann Oncol 2017; 28:1169-1182. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Riaz IB, Khan MS, Riaz H, Goldberg RJ. Disorganized Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses: Time to Systematize the Conduct and Publication of These Study Overviews? Am J Med 2016; 129:339.e11-8. [PMID: 26522792 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The number of meta-analyses published annually has increased more than 20-fold between 1994 (n = 386) and 2014 (n = 8203). In examining how much of this increase in meta-analysis publication has genuinely represented novel contributions to clinical medicine and public health, it became clear that there was an abundance of redundant and disorganized meta-analyses, creating confusion and generating considerable debate. Ironically, meta-analyses, which should prevent redundant research, have become a victim of it. Recently, 17 meta-analyses were published based on the results of only 3 randomized controlled trials that studied the role of transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale for prevention of cryptogenic stroke. In our search of the published literature, we identified at least 10 topics that were the subject of 10 meta-analyses. In the context of overlapping meta-analyses, one questions what needs to be done to put this "runaway train" back on track. In this review we examine the practice of redundant meta-analyses and the reasons for its disturbing "popularity." The registration of systematic reviews should be mandatory in prospective registries, such as PROSPERO, and the PRISMA checklist should be updated to incorporate new evidence and mandate the reference of previously published reviews and rationale for any new study.
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- Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
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Habbous S, Garg AX, Martin J. Appraisal of a redundant report on lanthanum carbonate. Int Urol Nephrol 2015; 48:149-50. [PMID: 26578000 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-015-1159-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Steven Habbous
- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Room B3-412, 339 Windermere Road, London, ON, N6A 5A5, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Room B3-412, 339 Windermere Road, London, ON, N6A 5A5, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Room B3-412, 339 Windermere Road, London, ON, N6A 5A5, Canada.
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Habibzadeh F. RETRACTION: Barkhordari A, et al. The glycoprofile patterns of endothelial cells in usual interstitial pneumonia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2014;5:201-7. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE 2015; 6:1-2. [PMID: 25588219 PMCID: PMC6977062 DOI: 10.15171/ijoem.2015.554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2014] [Accepted: 12/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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