Should editors with multiple retractions or a record of academic misconduct serve on journal editorial boards?

How Should Journal Editors Respond to Cases of Suspected Misconduct?

Journals and institutions have important complementary roles to play in cases of suspected research and publication misconduct. Journals should take responsibility for everything they publish and should alert institutions to cases of possible serious misconduct but should not attempt to investigate such cases. Institutions should take responsibility for their researchers and for investigating c...

Editorial from Journal Editors

Patient care is the primary focus of the orthopaedic profession. The enhancement of patient care has required and will continue to require orthopaedic surgeons to collaborate productively with industry to develop new medical technology and techniques that improve patient care. The relationship between orthopaedic surgeons and industry is of critical importance to the shared ultimate goal of imp...

My 21 years with the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, with observations on editors, editorial boards, authors and reviewers.

This year marks the twenty-first anniversary of the founding of the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (JPN). It also marks the twenty-first year of service to the journal for Simon Young, who has been editor-in-chief for the last 11 years (either alone or together with coeditors-in-chief Russell Joffe, Nicholas Coupland or me) and associate editor before that. After years of commitment, Si...

Scientific misconduct, retractions, and errata.

Under-Representation of Women on Dental Journal Editorial Boards

INTRODUCTION Each journal's editorial and advisory board plays a critical role in resolving gender bias in the peer-review and publication process. Thus, this study aimed to quantify women's participation in editorial and advisory boards of major dental journals. Gender data on editorial and advisory boards were extracted from major dental journals, which were then categorized by journal specia...