A few months back I had submitted a paper for publication. After some time, I also submitted its abstract for a conference (as a poster). Now, the paper is published in a journal.
Today, I got an email from the conference organizers stating that the paper has been accepted for presentation
I am in an ethical conundrum
1. Should I present the paper as a poster in the conference now that it is published in a journal?
2. Was it ethical to submit a paper for a conference while it was under review in a journal for publication?
Looking forward to your suggestions.
Thank you in advance.
An advantage of presenting a paper midway through the research project is that we can obtain valuable feedback from the esteemed audiences during a conference which helps us to take the research forward in a more fruitful way. This helps us in publishing the research in a refined manner.
With regards to what Ms Nicole has said, i feel all the journals do ask you whether you have submitted your paper elsewhere. This is generally done to avoid dual publications.
Also, when you publish an article; you transfer the copyrights of your manuscript to the journal.
Regarding presentation of a paper post publication, it is considered unethical. But I have not come across any guidelines stating the same. It would be really helpful if someone could provide a link which states this.
Obtaining permission from the journal in which you have published the article might be a way out, provided you have not presented it previously.
good luck
It is generally bad form. It is common for authors to present a paper that is still under development at a conference and later submit the fully formed paper (which represents a greater extension of their work and ideas) to a journal. I am a journal editor and a board member of an international scholarly organization. When our authors submit, they agree to our policy that their work has not been previously published and is not currently under review elsewhere. Individuals who are found in violation of this policy are banned from ever submitting to any of our 6 journals. Additionally, we usually notify their employing institution. Not telling you how to proceed; however, I would withdraw the conference paper. In the future, remember to submit conference presentations of shorter and less developed work first. Good luck.
An advantage of presenting a paper midway through the research project is that we can obtain valuable feedback from the esteemed audiences during a conference which helps us to take the research forward in a more fruitful way. This helps us in publishing the research in a refined manner.
With regards to what Ms Nicole has said, i feel all the journals do ask you whether you have submitted your paper elsewhere. This is generally done to avoid dual publications.
Also, when you publish an article; you transfer the copyrights of your manuscript to the journal.
Regarding presentation of a paper post publication, it is considered unethical. But I have not come across any guidelines stating the same. It would be really helpful if someone could provide a link which states this.
Obtaining permission from the journal in which you have published the article might be a way out, provided you have not presented it previously.
good luck
Dear Gamal
Really you are in a real ethical problem. It is known that papers published on conferences includes a preliminary results for a research project and you can publish the same paper on a Journal including detailed results of the same paper but you should be very careful you should notify in the first page of the journal paper that part of this paper has been published or submitted for publication on a conference. I suggest for you to quick withdraw the conference paper that might lighten the severity of the situation.
Prof. S. EL-Rabaie
This is one of those situations where you would have been well served by a more senior faculty member mentoring you. He/she would have explained that we use conferences to help us develop our work on the path to becoming a publishable journal paper.
Thank you, everyone, for your suggestions.
This is my take away:
1. Withdraw the paper from the conference.
2. Avoid such ethical issues in the days to come.
Withdraw the conference paper. Please do not go for a dual submission later on.
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