Definition: Simultaneous or successive publishing of identical or near- identical material in two or more different sources without acknowledgment. It differs from reprinted publication in that a reprint cites sources. It differs from PLAGIARISM in that duplicate publication is the product of the same authorship while plagiarism publishes a work or parts of a work of another as one's own.
IM only for duplicate publication as a publishing or bibliothecal problem & for notices that an article has been published in duplicate; do not confuse with Publication Type DUPLICATE PUBLICATION used for an individual item identified as a duplicate publ
