Timeline for Is it unethical to submit an older paper to a conference and then update it after acceptance?
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| Mar 26, 2014 at 11:28 | comment | added | JustRay | @DavidRicherby "It suggests that, in your mind, the primary goal has become publication, rather than doing good research." I am aware that this is how it appears. However, my motivation comes from my desire to present (and receive feedback on) what will be the main outcomes of my PhD thesis. But the time frame involved means that I don't yet have those results. Judging from the response, honesty (and transparency) appears to be the best policy. Such is life! | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 13:52 | comment | added | David Richerby | @Raphael "is it not the editor's job to catch such cases?" Sure, just like it's the police's job to catch murderers. But my advice to people would be "Don't commit murder", not "Murder people if you want; the police will sort out the mess." Here, my advice is "Don't substantially change the paper after acceptance" not "Change it if you want; the editors will sort out the mess." | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 13:00 | comment | added | ff524 | I like the used car salesman analogy! | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 10:18 | comment | added | Raphael | Ad second paragraph: that's obviously an opinion, but one I share. But then, in some fields pleasing The Reviewers seems to be somewhat orthogonal to doing good research, too, so maybe there is some selective pressure which is detrimental to professional ethics. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 10:18 | comment | added | Raphael | Ad first paragraph: is it not the editor's job to catch such cases? Making changes to the accepted version is often prudent (if only to incorporate the reviewers' feedback) so the editor has to roughly check whether reviewed and final version match or, if not, decide if they'll accept the updated version anyway. I'll say that authors should be a) completely open and forward about this and b) very careful. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 9:28 | history | answered | David Richerby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |