Author Engages in Fragmentary Publications

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A principal investigator (PI) has completed a limited clinical study examining the efficacy of acupuncture as a treatment for patients recovering from a cerebro-vascular accident. The PI intends to report the study findings by looking at the 1) efficacy of treatment according to severity of condition, 2) treatment objective, 3) specific points, and 4) means or methods of stimulation. The PI anticipates that this study will yield at least four manuscripts, which will be submitted to different journals over the course of two years. The co-principal investigator disagrees about dividing the results, feeling that the neuroscience field would be better served by having the findings reported together in a single article.

Which perspective has the preponderance of support?

PI's perspective – a researcher should be able to submit as many articles as one can from a study.
Co-PI's perspective – the number should be based on the significance of each submission.

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