Great points. I agree that a more granular approach would be better. But I think "salami" papers are too poorly implemented at present. As a compromise in the

Great points. I agree that a more granular approach would be better. But I think "salami" papers are too poorly implemented at present. As a compromise in the meantime, it might be better to encourage more short papers which avoid the boilerplate parts. This would make salami slicing your papers more acceptable as you wouldn't be expected to write a full length paper, which encourages salami slicers to pad their papers. The French "Comptes Rendus" journal works like this, and I consistently find the papers I've encountered in it to be an efficient use of my time.