Consensus statement on submission and publication of manuscripts

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• Duplicate submission and publication
  • Exceptions to this general rule may be:
• Fraudulent publication
• Appendix

Increasing problems of duplicate and fraudulent submissions and publications have prompted the undersigned editors of surgical journals to support these overall principles of publication.

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Duplicate submission and publication 

In general, if a manuscript has been peer-reviewed and published, any subsequent publication is duplication.

Exceptions to this general rule may be: 

For example any submission duplicating material previously published in full in “Proceedings” or book chapters is considered duplicate unless the exceptions in (a) above apply. Similarly, manuscripts dealing with subgroups of data (ie, patients) that have previously been analyzed, discussed and published as a larger group are considered duplicate unless (b) above applies.

The Internet raises special concerns. If data have previously appeared on the Internet, submission of that data for publication is considered duplication. If Internet publication follows journal publication, the journal publication should be clearly referenced. Some journals may provide early Internet publication of accepted peer reviewed papers which are subsequently published in that journal. This does not constitute duplication if both manuscripts are identical and covered by the same single copyright.

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Fraudulent publication 

The following activities are examples of fraudulent publication practices:

While not intended as an all-inclusive document, these examples and guidelines should alert authors to potential problems that should be avoided when they are considering submission of a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal.

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Appendix 

American Journal of Surgery (Hiram C. Polk, Jr, MD) American Surgeon (Talmadge A. Bowden, Jr, MD) Annals of Surgery (Layton F. Rikkers, MD) Annals of Surgical Oncology (Charles M. Balch, MD) Current Surgery (Walter J. Pories, MD) Digestive Surgery (Eduard H. Farthmann, MD, Markus W. Büchler, MD) Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (Victor Fazio, MD) Journal of the American College of Surgeons (Seymour Schwartz, MD) Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (John L. Cameron, MD, Keith A. Kelly, MD) Journal of Japan Medical Association (Yasuo Idezuki, MD) Journal of Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (Yasuo Idezuki, MD) Journal of Japan Surgical Association (Yasuo Idezuki, MD) Journal of Pediatric Surgery (Jay Grosfeld, MD) Journal of Surgical Research (Wiley W. Souba, MD, David W. McFadden, MD) Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Andrew S. Wechsler, MD) Journal of Vascular Surgery (Robert B. Rutherford, MD, K. Wayne Johnston, MD) Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (Danny O. Jacobs, MD) Journal of Trauma (Basil A. Pruitt, Jr, MD) Surgery (Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, Michael Sarr, MD) Surgical Endoscopy (Bruce V. MacFadyen, Jr, MD, Sir Alfred Cuschieri, MD) Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques (Carol E. H. Scott-Conner, MD, PhD, Maurice Arregui, MD) World Journal of Surgery (Ronald K. Tompkins, MD) Zentralblatt für Chirurgie (Albrecht Encke, MD)