Double submissions: publishing misconduct or just effective dissemination?

Abstract

As the community develops an ever more diverse set of venues for disseminating and discussing technical work and as the traditional resource constraints change from pages and shelf space to reviewer time, the traditional prohibition against double submission deserves closer consideration. We discuss reasons why double submissions have been frowned upon, and try to establish a set of guidelines that ensure appropriate review and dissemination, without preventing informal early discussion of research projects.

References

1. J.A. Carland, J.W. Carland, and C.D. Aby, "Proposed codification of ethicacy in the publication process," Business Ethics, Vol. 11, pp. 95--104, Feb. 1992.
2. W.R. Stone, "Plagiarism, duplicate publication, and duplicate submission: They are all wrong!," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 45, pp. 47--49, Aug. 2003.

Index Terms

• General and reference