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Journals: redundant publications are bad news

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Publishing the same work twice is unethical and casts doubt on the integrity of research.

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    Stefania M. Mojon-Azzi & Ulrich Wagner

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

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  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Kantonsspital, St Gallen, 9007, Switzerland

    Xiaoyi Jiang & Daniel S. Mojon

  4. Scientific Secretary, Swiss Society of Ophthalmology, Kantonsspital, St Gallen, Switzerland

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