Comment on Does Scholarly Open-Access Publishing Increase Author Misconduct? by Alex H

In several cases, the salami is not sliced but made from slices. Data and results presented in a full 8.000 word article are accumulating during a year or even more. I do not think that publishing partial or preliminary results in the form of short articles is misconduct. It is a must as long as my department expect me to publish at least X papers/academic year. However, the publication list of such scholars are virtually indiscernable from those who regularly apply the technique of “salami slicing”.