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« on: February 01, 2007, 09:17:34 PM »

Hey all,

I am working on a paper that seems to be blossoming into two separate articles.  Hooray, but I now have a nice lit review that is need in two places.  I can't copy the lit review word for word, but the same basic ideas apply to both papers.  Do y'all have any suggestions for coping with this problem?

Also, I would appreciate any thoughts about the one to two paper problem and how you have resolved any issues.

Thanks all!

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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2007, 11:20:52 PM »

Something must be different in the bodies of the two papers that would allow you to make each lit review specialized and not identical.
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« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2007, 11:29:36 PM »

I can't copy the lit review word for word, but the same basic ideas apply to both papers.

As scientiffikk says, and you imply by the need/ability to divide the one paper into two, there must be something fundamentally different about the two papers.  You say the same "basic" ideas apply, and I'm sure you're right.  But the devil (or angel, in this case) is in the details.

Given that the purpose of the lit review is to situate the paper in the existing literature, and the two papers are (apparently) closely related, sure, you'll cite many of the same works.  But presumably the two papers are filling different gaps in the existing body of knowledge.  Focus on that difference to tailor each lit review to its respective paper.  Also, consider your audience.  If you have different journals in mind for the two papers, are there any difference in the readerships?  Will one group of readers be more familiar with these journals and books, while the other is more familiar with those?  Finally, I'm assuming that your conclusions section in the two papers will differ.  Thus, the "set-up" provided by the lit review might need to be different.  That difference should also help you to focus each lit review and make it different from the other.

Good luck--and congratulations on your two-fer!
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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2007, 12:45:58 AM »

What I thought.  I can find a way to differentiate the lit reviews.  The papers are entirely different.

This helps, thanks.

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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2007, 09:50:11 AM »

That's great! I need to start thinking about how to do that more often.
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