Salami slicing, the practice of extracting multiple papers from the one data set, is generally considered unsound practice in publication. To date critique of this view in the literature is limited. The aim of this paper is to present alternative views to challenge the concept of salami slicing as inherently negative. More specifically the paper will discuss the potential consequences of producing thin and underdeveloped findings with insufficient scope for detailed discussion and articulation of the contribution to knowledge. Practical tips for dealing with multiple papers from one data set will provided.
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 September 2015.
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