The practice of duplicate publication has been condemned widely in the scientific
community and several studies have been conducted to establish the level of the problem in
various surgical fields. A retrospective review of original articles from the British Journal of
Plastic Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery during 2000 was conducted, using
Medline (PubMed). A total of 431 abstracts were screened, from which 27 index articles
related to 33 'suspected redundant'publications. Further evaluation was carried out by …