Duplicate publication is not acceptable

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What is this duplicate publication thing?

One of the commonest queries I receive as Editor-in-Chief is whether a submission can be accepted when the author's message is already known. The paper may have been presented at meetings a couple of times and might even have appeared in abstract form. Can we, as a journal, go ahead and publish without eyebrows being raised and the accusation of duplicate publication being made? The story start...

redundant publication' or 'duplicate publication' in the biomedical literature

Multiple submission, duplicate submission and duplicate publication.

Notice of duplicate publication