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Multiple Publication: Statement by the Committee on Editorial Policy

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77025

ABSTRACT

Editors of many journals in the life sciences prefer not to accept material whose substance has already been published, has been accepted, or is being considered for publication elsewhere. Review articles are an exception to this editorial principle. The multiplicity of forms in which biologic, and especially biomedical material may be printed, however, makes a categorical definition of "already published" difficult. In addition, the circumstances of any apparent prior publication must be taken into account, especially since authors do not always have complete control over the publication of their data or concepts. Despite these complexities, the following general guidelines may be useful to editors in deciding whether or not the contents of a manuscript should be classified as "already published".

1. Classification of an article as "already published" is warranted if it has appeared in a general or specialty journal, whether basic, applied or clinical.
   
2. Classification of submitted material as "already published" is not warranted by previous publication of:
   

¹ This statement was released October, 1972. Other members of the Committee are: Lisc Bry, L. Leon Campbell, Paul F. Cranefield, Karl F. Heumann, Franz J. Ingelfinger, F. Peter Woodford. Publication: Conference of Biological Editors News Letters for November 1972.