Publication ethics: Role and responsibility of authors

Quality of Publication Ethics in Instructions to Authors

Quality of Publication Ethics in the Instructions to the Authors of Iranian Journals of Medical Sciences

Providing a perfect instruction to authors can prevent most potential publication ethics errors. This study was conducted to determine the quality of ethical considerations in the instructions to the authors of Iranian research scientific journals of medical sciences (accredited by the Commission for Accreditation and Improvement of Iranian Medical Journals) in October 2011. Checklist items (n=...

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Quality of Publication Ethics in Instructions to Authors

Dear Editor, The recent report on the quality of publication ethics in instructions to authors is very interesting. 1 Salamat et al. 1 concluded that " quality of publication ethics, as instructed to the authors, can improve the quality of the journals. " Indeed, the quality of a journal depends on several factors such as referencing/cita-tion, accuracy, editorial board member, editor-in-chief,...

Publication Ethics: A Case Series with Recommendations According to Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Ethical misconduct is not a new issue in the history of science and literature. However, ethical misconducts in science have grown considerably in the modern era which is due to emphasis on the scientific proliferation in research institutes and gauging scientists according to their publications. In the current case series, several misconducts occurring over the previous years in Mashhad Univer...