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Maximizing

Publication

Number

It is obvious that, knowing or Under the former, journals like appreciably advance fundamental
not knowing, some researchers to publish papers that are going understanding or knowledge in
try to maximize their publication to be widely read and useful the area; incremental/fragmentary
number unethically. Salami to the readers. For example, reports of research results;
slicing is one way of doing such the research papers that report verbose, poorly organized, papers
where breaking up work into original and significant findings; cluttered with unnecessary or poor
large number of small papers can the papers that are well organized quality illustrations; violations
be seen. Tiling is another way and well written regarding of ethical guidelines, including
in which publishing sequence how the findings relate to and plagiarism (of others or of
of substantially overlapping advance the understanding and/or oneself) and questionable research
papers is promoted. Thirdly, development of the subject; and practices.
publishing same work twice the papers that are concise and
(Double publishing) or more yet complete in their presentation
is experienced. Therefore, it is of the findings. The latter mainly
important to have a demarcation pays attention on the research
on what is publishable and what is papers that are routine extensions
not acceptable for publishing. of previous reports and not

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